Vaccination of women against virus causing cervical cancer pushed

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Vaccination of women against virus causing cervical cancer pushed

The Philippine Foundation for Vaccination, together with medical societies, government agencies and non government organizations, holds a media conference on Sept. 26, 2024 in Quezon City to reiterate its call to vaccinate women for human papillomavirus (HPV), the causative agent of cervical cancer. In separate interviews with The Manila Times, Dr. Martha Millar-Aquino of the Philippine Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (PIDSOG) and Dr. Rose Capeding of the PFV highlight the importance of getting vaccinated for HPV, especially girls from 9 to 14 years old.

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00:00One more. One more here.

00:02Closer. Closer.

00:09I think one of the reasons why he wasn't really promoted is first,

00:13because he wasn't accompanied by the other vaccines that were being given while he was younger.

00:18Because this is really given at a later time.

00:20And that's also what a lot of people are thinking, just because it is proof for a virus that was sexually transmitted,

00:28since he was young, it's not necessary anymore.

00:30Because they are thinking that it will happen later.

00:34And also, because there is always a stigma,

00:37they are thinking that in order to have the cervical cancer that is needed,

00:40a lot of people will become sexual partners.

00:43But as we know, it's not like that.

00:45If it was transmitted and the virus was transmitted,

00:49even if we say that only one person became Catholic,

00:53the cervical cancer can still occur.

00:55HPV vaccines are also indicated for the male, for male sex.

01:02Because they also have their own diseases caused by the HPV virus.

01:06So there can be genital warts,

01:09there can also be cancer of the penis,

01:12cancer of the anal canal,

01:14and also head and neck cancers.

01:16Because of course, not all of them are genital sex.

01:22There is also oral sex.

01:24So it can also go there.

01:26As we said, it's the second killer in terms of cancer for the population.

01:33And you know, 12 women die a day of cervical cancer.

01:39And the good thing is that this can be prevented through vaccination.

01:45So this is a vaccine-preventable disease.

01:47Vaccines generally can prevent diseases.

01:52And there are a lot of diseases that have been eliminated because of vaccination.

02:01So that's why, with regards to people who don't want to be vaccinated because of some risk,

02:11the benefit of vaccination is greater than the risk.

02:15And with regards to vaccinations,

02:17what's common is just, we call it local reactions,

02:22like pain, fever.

02:27Fever is a systemic reaction.

02:29If you compare, if you get sick, remember,

02:32have you seen the sharing of a cervical cancer survivor?

02:38Imagine, right?

02:39So you don't want your life to be,

02:41so unfortunately, like one disease.

Vaccination of women against virus causing cervical cancer pushed

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