This vaccine is already available in Uganda but in private hospitals and
targets girls of about 11-15 years who are assumed not to be sexually active at
that age given in 3 doses over six months as clearly stated.The vaccine helps
to prevent them from getting cancer of cervix at a letter time. We are yet to
get communications on public consumption on this from Ministry of health for
the benefit of all Ugandans
Ezati Eric
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From: Charles Male <[email protected]>
To: Kobokonet Koboko <[email protected]>; A Virtual Network for friends
of West Nile <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, 13 July 2013, 14:42
Subject: [WestNileNet] Fwd: Fw: Province participates in Human Papillomavirus
(HPV) vaccine study
A study that our researchers/scientists might want to follow closely....
Dr. Asiki and other medical professional ....Is this HPV vaccination
available in Uganda already?
C
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From: Prince Edward Island [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 05:00 PM
To: Malé, Charles
Subject: Province participates in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine study
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NEWS RELEASE
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July 12, 2013
PROVINCE PARTICIPATES IN HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) VACCINE STUDY
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI -- Researchers from Dalhousie University are
working with the Prince Edward Island Department of Health and
Wellness to conduct a new study of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
vaccine.
“All girls who received the HPV vaccine through the school
vaccination program are being invited to help researchers with this
study,” says Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison.
“While it is widely accepted among researchers that HPV vaccine can
safely protect against HPV disease and will prevent cervical cancer,
it is not known how long this protection lasts, or whether there is
any difference in effectiveness between two doses or three doses of
HPV vaccine.”
“We know that HPV causes cervical cancer, and that the HPV vaccine
prevents infection from HPV and reduces the risk of cervical cancer,”
says Dr. Shelly McNeil, a lead researcher on the study and infectious
disease specialist at Dalhousie University and Capital District Health
Authority, Halifax. “What we want to determine is how the two-dose
schedule given in some provinces compares to the three-dose schedule
given here in Prince Edward Island – and we want to follow girls over
the long term to see how effective the vaccine has been over time.”
Currently, Health Canada has approved a three-dose schedule of the
quadrivalent HPV vaccine given over six months. This three-dose
schedule is offered by Public Health Nurses in Health PEI to all girls
in Grade 6. In some provinces in Canada, the vaccine is given as a
two-dose schedule.
To determine if a two-dose HPV vaccine schedule provides equivalent
protection, the Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine Evaluation Study (QUEST) will
follow more than 8,500 teenage girls recruited from British Columbia,
Alberta, Quebec and the Maritimes for up to 10 years. The study will
assess risk factors, frequency of infection with HPV, and the level of
protection provided by two doses of vaccine compared to three doses.
“Letters are being sent to Prince Edward Island girls who received
three doses of HPV vaccine since 2007,” says Dr. Morrison. “Over the
next several months, all girls who received the HPV immunization in
school are being invited to assist in finding out the difference the
vaccine makes.”
The Prince Edward Island HPV immunization program has been offered
since the 2007/2008 school year.
QUEST builds on earlier HPV vaccine research. In 2006, research
conducted in Canada measured the short-term immune response of a
two-dose HPV vaccine. QUEST aims to determine if this protection is
maintained over a longer term. Dr. Morrison adds, “This study will
help optimize our HPV vaccine dosing schedule to ensure the current
and future health and well-being of Islanders.”
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