Guanajuato, Gto. up to 25 percent parents ha refused to vaccinate to their daughters aged 13 and 14, against the Human papilloma virus (HPV).
This was stated by Luis Rodríguez Rangel, coordinator of Nursing at the Healthcare jurisdiction number one.
“We went to high school and came across parents who do not authorize vaccination. It is very important that parents, mothers, tutors are sensitized so that they give access. That’s why the invitation to know this vaccine which is very safe. (…) It is practically in most municipalities (the refusal): 75 percent of the population has been vaccinated, but 25 percent in most municipalities have not been immunized due to the lack of authorization from families “, he said.
This is as part of the federal campaign to mitigate the delay in vaccination schedules against HPV in Healthcare Jurisdiction I; which includes the capital Guanajuato, Dolores Hidalgo, Ocampo, San Felipe and San Diego de la Unión.
immunization against HPV prevents mainly by bargaining cervical cancer. This cancer, according to the Mexican Social Security Institute, It is the second most diagnosed cause of death and the second for women in Mexico.
The goal is to vaccinate 8,119 young people, but only 6,086 doses had been applied at the cut-off on Thursday 8 December in the morning. The campaign started on Nov. 21 and would have concluded today, but was extended until Dec. 16 to achieve the goal.
The coordinator reported it this vaccine is applied before women start an active sex life.
He called that before a parental “changeover,” young people could still be vaccinated at any state health center, with signed authorization and accompanied by a guardian, through December 16.
Very importantly, the campaign as well It serves girls and adult women between the ages of 11 and 19 who are living with HIV.
