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Genital warts in AustraliaA 2013 Australian study also showed the impact of the vaccine program on genital warts only a few years after its introduction. New study shows HPV vaccine is working to reduce rates of genital wartsFor young women, receiving the cervical cancer vaccine has also meant a massive drop in genital warts, which are caused by the same virus. This study showed a few other interesting features of the effects of HPV vaccination on genital warts. Even though boys were not part of the HPV vaccine program until 2013, by 2011 genital warts had fallen by 81% in males under 21. Dave Hawkes works for the Victorian Cytology Service which currently operates the National HPV Vaccination Program Register.

HPV vaccine could protect more people with fewer doses, doctors insist

But just 30 percent of girls and 25 percent of boys at that age had received all three doses of the HPV vaccine. In contrast to other vaccines, however, the HPV vaccine is only required in a few states for secondary school students. "This vaccine should have been introduced as a vaccine that will prevent cancer, not sexually transmitted infections," Meissner says. The HPV virus is incredibly common. Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended reducing the number of HPV vaccine shots from three to two for girls and boys between the ages of 9 and 14.


HPV vaccine roll out reaches almost 80 per cent of 15-year-old girls in AustraliaUpdatedClose to 80 per cent of 15-year-old girls in Australia are now immunised against the human papilloma virus, according to new figures released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). "We would encourage everybody who is eligible for the vaccine to take that vaccine up, both boys and girls." Boys, as well as girls, 'should take up vaccine'The HPV vaccine was originally rolled out for schoolgirls, but is just as important for teenage boys. Since the HPV vaccine was rolled out as a schools-based program for girls in 2007, there has been a steady improvement in the number of 15-year-olds protected against the virus. Mr Frost said local areas with lower-than-expected HPV immunisation figures will be encouraged to improve coverage through targeted health campaigns.


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