The Community allocates more than 4.6 million to acquire 83.700 doses of HPV vaccines.

-aimed at girls aged 14, prevents infections that can lead to cervical cancer

– administered 66.366 doses of this vaccine in 2010, and so far this year, 33.563 dose

Madrid, December of 2011- the community of Madrid devoted more than 4.6 million euros to the acquisition of 83.700 doses of the vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV) for the next year. This vaccine is aimed at girls aged 14 for the protection of some infections which may lead to cervical cancer.

This vaccine is included in the child immunization schedule since 2008, and is administered in three doses over a period of six months (with pattern of zero, two, and six months). The number of children born in 1998, i.e., those girls who will receive the next year the vaccine, amounts to 27.870. During 2010, 66.366 doses administered to girls aged 14 and up to the month of November 2011 have administered 33.563 doses.

The Ministry of health has achieved a vaccination coverage of 82% in the first dose of vaccine against HPV. The vaccine is effective before the start of sexual relations is why experts advise its administration in the adolescent age.

Human papilloma virus is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and more than a hundred different types. Approximately 70% of cancers of cervix in the world are produced by two types of Virus (types 16 or 18), which are contained in the vaccine.

In the community of Madrid, routine immunization programmes have always had a very important follow-up, as a result of the confidence that both the population and health professionals have in vaccines. This situation has led to achieve vaccine coverage very high, especially important in the early years of life. The result has been the control and elimination of communicable diseases front which have an effective vaccine.

The best measure of prevention

Immunization is a preventive intervention performed on susceptible to disease, healthy population using vaccines developed with the most modern technologies and that have amply demonstrated its safety and efficacy. It is the best measure of prevention and protection in the most appropriate age.

The children’s immunization schedule begins with the birth of the child and the administration of the vaccine against hepatitis B and ends at age 14 with diptheria and papillomavirus vaccines. The community of Madrid is the only one which includes in its child calendar pneumococcal vaccine. Adults calendar has a set of guidelines to be followed depending on the age of the person. In general terms, all adults with incomplete vaccination or not vaccinated in childhood should complete your scheme vaccine.