Safe HPV vaccine is essential

PARIS (Reuters) – The vaccine against the human papillomavirus is "safe and indispensable" to eradicate this cancer, French health authorities announced on Monday, condemning the "unfounded rumors" about the damage caused by these vaccines and their serious effects. harmful to the health of the mother and the fetus.
The study revealed that unintentional access to the HPV vaccine during pregnancy does not increase the risk to the health of the fetus.
Statistics indicate that these vaccines can prevent 70% of cervical cancer cases, 80% of anal cancers, 60% of vaginal cancer cases and 40% of vaginal cancer cases and possibly oral cancers. .
Doctors are not usually invited to take the HPV vaccine during pregnancy, but some women do it inadvertently.
The study showed that an effective vaccine prevents the elimination of cervical cancer, which kills more than 300,000 women annually.
On the occasion of World Cancer Day, the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Paris confirmed in a statement the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine. The papillomavirus, which spreads primarily through sexual intercourse, causes cervical cancer, which threatens a woman's life every two minutes, the fourth most deadly type of cancer in women.
According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) last year, more than half a million new cervical cancers have been diagnosed worldwide.
If prevention is not promoted, especially through the vaccine, the virus could threaten the lives of 460,000 women annually by 2040, the source added.
The World Health Organization has recommended vaccinating girls around the world and subjecting older women to tests and treatments to reduce the risk of cancer, the vaccine being more effective if it was administered to girls aged nine to fourteen.