World Head and Neck Cancer Day: Why HPV vaccination rates must rise

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World Head and Neck Cancer Day: Why HPV vaccination rates must rise

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Thursday 27 July 2023, 03:07 PM

A 90 per cent HPV vaccine rate is needed but Te Whatu Ora is targeting 75 per cent and currently 60 per cent of eligible young people have been vaccinated

Today, 27 July, is World Head and Neck Cancer Day. Here, Cathy Stephenson, Swee T Tan and Amelia Jenkinson call on the leadership of Te Whatu Ora to accelerate New Zealand’s vaccination uptake as an investment in young people and oropharyngeal cancer prevention

An analysis of 621 oropharyngeal cancer cases in New Zealand from 1996 to 2012 shows the percentage of HPV+ cases increased from 61.9 per cent in 1996

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