HPV vaccination is free in many places! When and how to get it?

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Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, began to conduct a nationwide

Free cervical cancer vaccination

There will be more than 10,000 second-grade girls

Vaccinations

In addition to Wuxi

Where else can I get the HPV vaccine for free?

Why should you get the HPV vaccine?

What are the benefits of vaccination?

Do men also need to be vaccinated?

Please keep this HPV vaccination guide!

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HPV vaccination is free or subsidized in many places!

Is your city included?

According to statistics, more than 80% of women have been infected with HPV at least once in their lives. Cervical cancer is a completely preventable cancer. If detected in the early stages, more than 90% of patients can be cured in the long term. Vaccination is an effective way to prevent HPV infection.

The World Health Organization recommends that the best age for HPV vaccination is between 9 and 14 years old in pre-adolescence. The National Health Commission recommends HPV vaccination for girls aged 13 to 15 based on my country's national conditions.

As early as 2019, the National Health Commission and 10 other departments issued a document to promote HPV vaccination among people of appropriate age.

On November 9, 2017, a 10-year-old girl received the first cervical cancer vaccine in Beijing. Photo by Wang Kunshuo, Xinhua News Agency

Since the beginning of this year, many parts of the country have gradually promoted the strategy of universal HPV vaccination for women of appropriate age. Many cities, including Ordos in Inner Mongolia, Jinan in Shandong, and Xiamen in Fujian, have launched free or subsidized HPV vaccination plans. Come and see if your city is included?

Lianyungang, Jiangsu: Free HPV vaccination for girls of appropriate age has been fully launched

In December, Jiangsu Province released the "14th Five-Year Plan" for the development of women and children, and specifically proposed "encouraging areas with conditions to promote HPV vaccination with a focus on school girls aged 9 to 15". On December 21, the free HPV vaccination of girls of school age in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province was fully launched, and the pilot project was aimed at eighth-grade girls in Lianyun District.

Jinan, Shandong: The first pilot city in the country!

On November 9, as one of the first 15 Healthy China pilot cities, Jinan took the lead in launching free HPV vaccination for girls of appropriate age. The target population is seventh-grade girls under the age of 15, and the vaccine is a domestically produced bivalent HPV vaccine.

Ordos, Inner Mongolia: Free vaccination for women aged 13 to 18

In 2021, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, launched free bivalent cervical cancer vaccine for women aged 13 to 18. According to official data, as of the end of June, Ordos City had administered 15,000 doses, with a vaccination rate of 31% for the target population.

Guangdong: Free vaccination for female students under 14 years old

It is understood that Guangdong Province plans to add about 600 million yuan for free HPV vaccination from 2022 to 2024. Based on the principle of informed consent, free vaccination will be implemented for girls under the age of 14 who have Guangdong school enrollment, enter the first grade of junior high school from September and have not received HPV vaccination since 2022. After comprehensive evaluation, the domestically produced bivalent HPV vaccine will be used for vaccination, with two injections in total.

Chengdu, Sichuan: Vaccination for all female students aged 13 to 14

Chengdu City will vaccinate all female school students aged 13 to 14 with HPV vaccine in accordance with the principle of "informed consent, independent choice, and voluntary vaccination."

Parents (guardians) of students can choose independently between domestic/imported bivalent and imported quadrivalent HPV vaccines, and a vaccination subsidy of 600 yuan per person will be provided by fiscal funds. The difference in vaccine fees after the subsidy and the vaccination service fee (20 yuan per dose) will be borne by the parents (guardians) of the recipients.

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HPV vaccine "Six questions and six answers"

Experts explain

Recently, a professor said that men should also get HPV vaccines, which has attracted widespread attention. Should men who cannot get HPV vaccines also start getting them? How to choose between different HPV vaccines? What should be paid attention to when getting vaccinated?

Many people have doubts about HPV vaccination, and experts are here to explain it↓

Q1: How to choose between bivalent, quadrivalent, or nonavalent HPV vaccines?

At present, there are three types of cervical cancer vaccines available in my country: bivalent, quadrivalent, and nonavalent. The "valent" represents the types of viruses that the vaccine can prevent. Click on the picture to learn how to choose a suitable HPV vaccine↓

Q2: How should HPV vaccine and new coronavirus vaccine be arranged?

Getting the new coronavirus vaccine does not affect the immune effect of the HPV vaccine, but it is not recommended to get vaccinated at the same time. It is recommended to ensure that the two vaccines are at least two weeks apart.

Q3: Do men also need to get the HPV vaccine?

HPV is not exclusive to women. Both men and women can be infected and can spread it to each other. However, relatively speaking, the pathogenicity of male infection is not as serious as that of female infection. Men can receive HPV vaccine, but it is not available in China at present.

There are differences in vaccine selection for men and women. The only HPV vaccines available to men are the quadrivalent and nonavalent vaccines, because in addition to preventing cervical cancer, the quadrivalent and nonavalent vaccines can also prevent genital warts, anal cancer, oropharyngeal cancer and some other atypical lesions.

Q4: Can women who are menstruating, breastfeeding, pregnant, or trying to get pregnant receive the HPV vaccine?

Women who are menstruating can receive any HPV vaccine normally.

Breastfeeding women: Be cautious when administering the vaccine.

Pregnant women: avoid vaccination.

Women who are preparing for pregnancy: It is best to avoid the period of preparation for pregnancy, and practice contraception for half a year after vaccination before preparing for pregnancy. If a woman is already or is preparing to become pregnant, it is recommended to postpone or interrupt the vaccination process and get vaccinated after the pregnancy period.

Q5: If you have been infected with HPV or have had cervical cancer, can you still be vaccinated after you are cured?

After being cured, you can get vaccinated, and vaccination can reduce the recurrence rate of the disease. The vaccine can also prevent other HPV types that you have not been infected with.

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Is it hard to get a shot of HPV 9-valent vaccine?

Expert advice: Get vaccinated as soon as possible

Currently, more and more people are aware of the importance of HPV vaccination. However, due to the small number of nine-valent HPV vaccines, the high demand, and the age limit for vaccination, many adult women are "scratching their heads" about making an appointment for the nine-valent HPV vaccine. The nine-valent HPV vaccine is hard to come by, and it's time to get the vaccine. What should I do?

The shortage of nine-valent HPV vaccine may ease next year

Qiao Youlin, a professor at the School of Population Medicine and Public Health of Peking Union Medical College, revealed that "Merck, the manufacturer of the nine-valent vaccine, is also increasing its production capacity and will significantly increase its supply to China next year. There are nearly 10 pharmaceutical companies in our country that are making HPV vaccines, and more vaccines will be launched on the market in the next few years."

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Don't blindly pursue the nine-valent vaccine. Experts suggest that vaccination should be carried out as soon as possible.

Qiao Youlin said that HPV vaccine should be administered as early as possible, and it is not recommended to miss the best vaccination age because of blindly waiting for the nine-valent vaccine.

Although the bivalent, quadrivalent, and nine-valent HPV vaccines on the market cannot provide 100% protection against high-risk types, these three vaccines cover the two types, HPV16 and HPV18, and can basically meet the prevention needs of cervical cancer in women of appropriate age, and should be vaccinated as early as possible.

Women of appropriate age may consider receiving the bivalent vaccine first

According to the Wuxi Municipal Health and Health Department, women of appropriate age can consider receiving the bivalent vaccine first after receiving the nine-valent vaccine. In response to the current tight appointment schedule for the nine-valent vaccine, the health and health department said that women of appropriate age can consider receiving the bivalent vaccine first.

Source of this article: CCTV News, Guangming Daily, Nanjing Morning Post, China City News, WeChat public account "Lianyungang Women's Federation", etc.

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