2024-04-27 22:04:08
As part of the vaccination campaign against human papillomavirus infections, Professor Eustace Janky and Dr Anne-Claire Aurore led a morning of awareness and information for parents and 5th grade students in Les Abymes.
Although progressing, vaccination coverage remains low in Guadeloupe. So this morning of awareness organized by the Regional Health Agency at the room of Joseph Théodore Faustin, in Boisripeaux, in Les Abymes, this Saturday 27 April. A different method was offered to parents and students in the 5th grade, to bring this vaccination to light: a face-to-face meeting with health professionals.
Therefore, explained, Professor Eustace Janky, Professor of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Head of the Parent-Child Center at the Pointe-à-Pitre University Hospital and Dr. Anne-Claire Aurore, pathologist at the University Hospital, asked questions from University of Ireland on the information, information and those questions. parents present for this first session.
With the clear objective of demystifying cancers linked to Papillomavirus infections.
Human papillomaviruses, also known as HPV, are highly contagious viruses: during their lifetime, 80% of women and men are exposed to them. They represent the most common cause of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). 6,000 cases are recorded every year in France.
Last September, a national vaccination campaign was launched and offered to all students in the 5th grade.
According to data from the French Public Health, in Guadeloupe, 31.5% of adolescent girls and 6.8% of 15-year-old boys have started their vaccination schedule against papilloma viruses.
In Martinique, these figures are 21.9% for girls and 6.3% for 15-year-old boys.
Vaccination coverage against HPV increased slightly in 2023 with gains of 5 points among young girls in Guadeloupe and 4.3 points in Martinique and coverage that more than doubled among boys compared to 2022, although it is still below 7%.
In Guadeloupe, increases in vaccination coverage of 8 points among girls and 5 points among boys were observed between the beginning and the end of the first phase of the campaign, without being able to specify the gains directly attributable to this campaign at the time this is the ARS.
The effectiveness of vaccination against HPV is noted in countries where the vaccination coverage rate is high.
Two more meetings are planned:
- May 18 at the cultural center Gérard Lockel, in Belcourt in Baie-Mahault
- May 25 at the Aristide Girard school, in Sergent au Moule
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