The council’s public health team is promoting the benefits of the vaccine on International HPV Awareness Day

Health experts are joining forces with young people to raise awareness of the protective effects of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination.

To mark International HPV Awareness Day, Haringey Council’s public health team is launching a new set of educational videos created in partnership with Greig City Academy and health sector partners.

The new educational videos help to “dispel misconceptions and hesitancies” about the vaccine and outlines how getting the vaccine can help prevent many types of cancer.

Lucia das Neves, cabinet member for health, social care and wellbeing, said: “We are delighted to be working closely with Grieg City Academy and our health and care system partners so that young people and their parents across Haringey can learn more about the HPV vaccine, and take advantage of this amazing, free, life-saving vaccination.

“We will be working hard to raise the vaccination rate in our borough, so that we can prevent many thousands of cases of cancers later in life.”

During the Covid-19 pandemic, HPV vaccine uptake reduced significantly across the country, and uptake of the vaccination in Haringey has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels, putting a large proportion of young people at risk and unprotected from six types of cancer that may affect them in the future.

Before the pandemic, uptake of the first dose of HPV vaccine in year eight was 79% overall. The level is now 66%.

Anyone aged under 25 can get an HPV vaccination from a GP.

Watch the HPV educational video:
Visit youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_DSjoFpWl8upeVxdoXUDOP_GII9O26ds&si=vCVqiJ-LO8foy6sk

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