Regarding the vaccination target of the HPV vaccine free vaccination project, Wang Shuyun, chief of the Maternal and Child Health Department of the Ordos Municipal Health and Health Commission, explained that China's "Guidelines for Comprehensive Prevention and Treatment of Cervical Cancer" suggested that the key population for HPV vaccination should be 13- 15-year-old girls, mainly considering that compared with older women who have had sex, younger girls have a higher immune response to the vaccine and have a better effect. HPV vaccine has been included in the immunization plan.
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Further reading-Xiamen, Fujian Province has previously issued a policy of free vaccination of school-age girls against human papillomavirus;
According to the official account of WeChat "Healthy Xiamen", the official WeChat of Xiamen Municipal Health and Wellness Committee recently pointed out in September 2020 that it was decided to provide domestic bivalent HPV vaccine for school-age girls in the city from 2020 to 2022 and implement voluntary free vaccination. "School age" refers to 13 years old to 14 and a half years old.
As mentioned in the above news, Chen Wenfeng, deputy director of Xiamen Municipal Health and Wellness Committee, pointed out that in the three years (2020 -2022) when domestic bivalent HPV vaccine entered the provincial non-immunization program vaccine procurement catalogue, students aged 13 to 14 and a half in Xiamen were vaccinated free of charge.