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The HPV vaccine will protect girls from developing cervical cancer when they are adults and is available free of charge from the HSE.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has extended the national HPV vaccination programme since September 2011. We continue to target all girls in 1st year of second level schools in a school based programme to ensure high vaccine uptake. In addition there is also a catch up programme for all girls who are in 6th year of second level school in September 2011. This will be repeated for the following two years in September 2012 and 2013 which will result in all unvaccinated girls in the senior cycle of second level schools being offered HPV vaccine.
Vaccines are in the most part given to girls in second-level schools by HSE immunisation teams, with some girls being invited to special clinics for their vaccine.
All girls require three doses of vaccine with a two month interval between the 1st and 2nd dose and a four month interval between the 2nd and 3rd doses.
The programme aims to achieve a high uptake of over 80% for a completed three dose vaccine course.
The following information materials are available for healthcare professionals carrying out this programme.
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The following information materials are available for parents of girls in First Year of second level schools or equivalent in special schools.
Information Booklet
Consent Forms
The following information materials are available for parents of girls in Sixth Year of second level schools or equivalent in special schools, Youthreach and Community Training Centres.
Information booklet
Consent Form
For further information please visit the following websites
Gardasil safety report
The post-licensure data for Gardasil distributed in the United States from 2006 to end of 2008 was published in JAMA2009. Slade BA, Leidel L, Vellozzi C, Woo EJ, Hua W, Sutherland A, Izurieta HS, Ball R, Miller N, Braun MM, Markowitz LE, Iskander J. Postlicensure safety surveillance for quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine. JAMA. 2009 Aug 19;302(7):750-7 (available at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/302/7/750 )
Please use the following links to access presentation slides from meetings held in May and August 2010 relating to HPV
- Please click on the following link to access the training slides from the HPV training programme held on the 6th May 2010. Training Slides
- Please click on the following link to access a copy of Prof Margaret Stanleys presentation titled HPV VLP Vaccine Development and Impact. Prof Stanley spoke to an audience on the 31st August 2010. Presentation
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