The birth of the HPV vaccine has made cervical cancer the first malignant tumor that can be completely eliminated in humans, and the HPV vaccination rate of girls of appropriate age in China is less than 1%.
The National Health Commission recently said that China will promote the pilot first, encourage qualified areas to actively adopt a variety of financing models, and gradually carry out free vaccination of human papillomavirus vaccine, that is, HPV vaccine. Since the second half of 2021, many provinces across the country have gradually promoted the universal HPV vaccination policy for women of appropriate age.
Guangdong Provincial Finance Plans to Add About 600 Million Yuan to 2022-2024 for FREE HPV Vaccination, and from this year onwards, girls under the age of 14 who have a guangdong provincial school status and have entered the first grade of junior high school since September and have not been vaccinated against HPV will be vaccinated free of charge.
In December last year, Jiangsu Province issued the "14th Five-Year Plan" Development Plan for Women and Children, especially proposing to "encourage qualified areas to promote HPV vaccination with a focus on girls aged 9-15 years old", and the free HPV vaccination for girls in the eighth grade in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, has now been fully launched.
In November last year, Jinan, Shandong Province, launched a free HPV vaccination for school-age girls, targeting girls in the seventh grade of school under the age of 15.
The city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, launched free HPV vaccination for women aged 13-18 last year.
Chengdu, Sichuan Province, universally vaccinates female students aged 13-14 against HPV.
The National Health Commission said that China will fully support the "Global Strategy for Accelerating the Elimination of Cervical Cancer" proposed by the World Health Organization, which clearly states that by 2030, 90% of girls in the world will complete HPV vaccination before the age of 15, and promote the global goal of eliminating cervical cancer through three-level prevention and treatment paths such as vaccination, screening and treatment. WHO recommends that pre-adolescence, that is, 9 to 14 years old, is the best age for HPV vaccination, and the National Health Commission recommends that the primary vaccination target group is girls aged 13-15 according to China's national conditions.
Source: CCTV Finance
Editor-in-charge: Wang Zimo
Editor: Chang Ying, Zhu Xiaofan
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