We have the means to protect everyone – whatever their sex or gender – from high-risk HPV infections and the cancers they cause. To achieve this, a more ambitious, ethical and equitable approach to HPV vaccination is needed at the global and national levels.
Global Action on Men’s Health, NOMAN is an Island: Race to End HPV and the supporters of this Call believe there should be a new global goal of gender-neutral HPV vaccination in every country by 2030
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
1. HPV must be understood, and responded to, as a threat to the health of all sexes and genders.
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2. GNV should be viewed from the perspective of its potential to eliminate high-risk, oncogenic HPV types, thereby accelerating the elimination of not only cervical cancer but also all the cancers caused by HPV.
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3. By 2028, global policymakers should have reviewed the issue of GNV with a view to recommending its implementation. WHO should make boys a primary target for HPV vaccination.
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4. By 2030, all countries currently without an HPV vaccination programme should have introduced HPV vaccination on a gender-neutral basis while countries currently with a girls-only programme should have transitioned to GNV.
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5. Health partnerships between countries with established GNV programmes and lower-income countries should be established along with capacity-building initiatives to support the wider implementation of GNV.
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6. A greater focus is needed on increasing vaccine uptake to at least 90% for all, a target most likely to be achieved through school-based vaccination programmes.
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