HPV vaccine for boys 'will prevent thousands of cancers'
Because the programme to vaccinate teenage girls, and reduce cervical cancers, has proved very successful.a reduction in HPV infections, genital warts and pre-cancerous growths in teenage girls and young womenOther groups, like teenage boys, have seen benefits too because the virus is not being passed on to them.
Boys who are 14 to 18 will not be able to get a free, catch-up vaccine in the UK - but they can buy it for around £150 per dose. "As a father of two boys who will both miss the free vaccinations, I was determined from the outset to give them every chance to not have to go through what I had to endure.
That is why gay men up to the age of 45 can have a free HPV vaccine if they visit a sexual health clinic or their GP in the UK.Dr David Elliman, immunisation expert for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said he welcomed the introduction of the vaccination programme for boys. Dr Mary Ramsay, of Public Health England, said the programme could"make HPV-related diseases a thing of the past".
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