Seven Non-Governmental Organizations Request Ministry of Health to Launch HPV Vaccination Campaign

Seven Non-Governmental Organizations Ask Health Ministry to Start Vaccination Against HPV

Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition of Patients With Vaccine (COPAC), the Filia Center, the SECS, the Pro-Immunization Association, the Healthcare for the Community, the Federation of Romanian Pharmaceutical Student Associations and the Federation of Medical Students' Associations in Romania submitted a joint letter

"We call on the Romanian Government to give priority to the health of girls and expectant mothers and to allocate funds to the budget rectification for the financing of the HPV vaccination program, the only way to effective prevention of cervical cancer and associated HPV. (…) Of the 28 EU Member States, only Romania does not provide funding for anti-HPV vaccination in national immunization programs, "said the letter signed by the seven organizations.

Cervical cancer is a health problem that can no longer be postponed, says civil society representatives, claiming that women aged 15 to 44 are affected

"Every two hours cervical cancer is diagnosed. (…) We find ourselves as the country at the head of the European Union in terms of incidence and mortality by cervical cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer deaths among working women in Romania, "

In Romania, vaccination against HPV-related diseases is found in the national program. vaccination, and last year, the Ministry of Health began to collect requests from parents. "It has been more than a year since parents waited for this type of vaccination for their girlfriends, but none of the actors involved in the process is publicly communicating this type of vaccination.Parents lose confidence in their family doctor, in Romania's public health system, in the Romanian state and in the actual immunization activity.It is difficult for parents to understand, as for anyone interested in their own health, their family and their family. their children, why the Ministry of Health would introduce such a provision, so that they do nothing about it, "he said.

Every year, more than 4,000 Romanians are diagnosed with cervical cancer, with more than 1,900 deaths a year caused by this disease.

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