HPV vaccine to be launched in Bartica

Oct 15, 2017 News

Dr. Oneka Scott, during her Health Education interface with parents and girls at the Bartica Secondary School, said that the vaccine is not known to have any effect on sex drive.

Dr. Oneka Scott educates parents and students about HPV.

Her comment came during the prelude to a planned rollout of the HPV immunization campaign in the hinterland community.
Dr. Scott of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) noted that there is no scientific evidence that the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine increases sexual desire in children or adults.
Further, there is no known side effect to hurt anyone.
She said that the objective of the vaccination programme is to promote the health, safety and longevity “of our most important human resource.”
The parents and girls were educated via conversation and video presentation. The forum catered for information dissemination to Ministry of Education Heads of Department to take back to the eleven Education districts under their management.
Dr. Scott told the audience that sensitization came about since research done by MOPH found that cervical cancer among girls is on the increase.
She told the gathering that HPV has over 100 strains and some of these strains cause some serious diseases such as cervical cancer, genital warts and a number of other diseases.
The doctor said that with these facts, it is imperative that actions are taken to ‘nip this in the bud’. Dr. Scott said that it is very important that girls six to 18 be vaccinated urgently.
According to her, while the MOPH will first target girls, it is not to say that boys are forgotten in this effort. She explained that research has shown that boys are least affected than girls but plans are afoot to have boys immunized as well.
She said that the MOPH has to prioritise since the vaccine is costly and it’s only reasonable that the most vulnerable group be targeted first.
This interface was part of the Ministry of Education’s efforts to support Government’s plan to aid in the eradication of HPV which is on the upsurge in Guyana.

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