“As per partial response from regional health agencies, at least 92,262 students were vaccinated in colleges by December 23, 2023.” Directorate General of Health suggested.
“At this point in the middle school HPV vaccination campaign, statistics show a vaccination rate of 5th graders at about 10%”, She clarifies.
We are far from the objective set by the Ministry of Health at the beginning of September, which was that at least 30% of the students in the college were vaccinated for this first version.
Promised by President Emmanuel Macron at the beginning of 2023, the vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV), the cause of numerous cancers – cervix, vulva, vagina, ENT, anus, etc. – was launched in early October among all the public. Colleges and Voluntary Private Institutions.
In early November, Aurelian Rousseau predicted that the goal of 150,000 vaccinated students would not be achieved.
Thanks to the information and communication campaign deployed by the National Cancer Institute (INCA) since September, “It is likely that proposed vaccination activities in college will increase vaccinations” By Doctors in Offices, Judge of Directorate General of Health.
When the question was raised in November, Aurelian Rousseau, then the health minister, acknowledged that the government’s initial goal might not be met, while hoping that 150,000 5th graders would be vaccinated this year.
“It’s a start, it will take tenacity,” He speculated, creating heterogeneity between regions and families and needs “To adapt tools”.
In early January, officials from the French Society of Colposcopy and Cervicovaginal Pathology (SFCPCV) determined that the vaccination was far from expected, with the first glimpse “Disappointing”.
For SFCPCV, the campaign suffered from, among other things, the administrative body “A bit heavy and complicated”.
“Colleges received large envelopes to distribute to parents with an information sheet, a prospectus (…) and an authorization sheet to be signed by both parents. And on the day of vaccination, you also need a health book”, recalled Geoffrey Kenlorb, Secretary General of the Learned Society and practitioner of AP-HP.
Failure is linked to lack of direct communication with parents
“The main failure is linked to the lack of direct and effective communication with parents,” Thinks Julia Maruani, vice president of SFCPCV and medical gynecologist in Marseille.
The campaign may also have been affected by the death of a schoolboy near Nantes who suffered a fall after suffering post-vaccination discomfort. The recommendation was made to the General Secretariat of Catholic Education in late October “to suspend” In Catholic colleges under contract by “Reason for Caution”.
An administrative investigation that began after the schoolboy’s death in late October yielded no findings “Inaction in the Organization of Vaccination Campaigns”, According to ARS.
Immunization coverage is targeted at 80% by 2030
In mid-November, the Agency of Medicines (ANSM) recommended that, for a quarter of an hour after the injection, teenagers should lie or sit on the floor with their backs against the wall.
A more precise estimate of the total number of students vaccinated for the first dose will be made in the first quarter of 2024, and a full assessment of this first year of the campaign – i.e. the number of vaccinated students who received two doses. Vaccines – May not be known until the end of the school year.
Based on lessons learned from this review, ““The authorities will make any possible adaptations.” Next year, the Ministry of Health confirmed.
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Whether this vaccination takes place in a college or a city, the vaccination coverage target is 80% by 2030, as set out in the 2021-2030 Ten-Year Strategy to Fight Cancer.
with AFP
