WHO officials and Chinese experts: Get HPV vaccine as soon as possible

China News Service, Beijing, April 26 (Reporter Li Chun) "No matter how effective the vaccine is, if the public does not vaccinate it, it will not play its role.

The World Health Organization has designated the last week of April each year as "World Immunization Week", and this year's theme is "Vaccines Make Us Closer.

Robert Kezaala,Medical Officer of the Expanded Immunization Program Project of the World Health Organization's Representative Office in China , said that WHO recommends countries to include 10 vaccines including BCG, hepatitis B vaccine and polio vaccine into their national immunization programs.

In this regard, Zuo Shuyan pointed out that the early inoculation of HPV vaccine for women aged 9 to 45 is a "very effective strategy to prevent cervical cancer.

Zuo Shuyan also said that three HPV vaccines are currently being used for vaccination, namely bivalent, quadrivalent, and quaternary HPV vaccines, all of which have good safety, effectiveness and protective effects.

According to statistics, there will be approximately 604,000 new cases of cervical cancer worldwide in 2020, and approximately 342,000 deaths.

Qiao Youlin, a professor at the School of Medicine and Public Health of theChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, said that the goal set by the WHO is to eliminate cervical cancer in the world by the end of this century.

Qiao Youlin said that only by increasing the HPV vaccination rate and strengthening cervical cancer screening can China hope to eliminate cervical cancer by 2050.