This vaccine is very essential for protecting my child against HPV.

For girls and boys from age 11 This vaccine is not compulsory but it is strongly recommended.

WHAT IS HPV?

HPV is the name of a human virus known as papillomavirus.

There are very many human papillomaviruses.

There are around 200 different papillomaviruses.

HPV is highly contagious:

This means that it is easily transmitted from one person to another.

Many people have these viruses inside them.

HPV viruses are often transmitted during sexual relations.

Condoms do not provide complete protection against HPV.

Our bodies usually eliminate the virus.

When it is not eliminated by our bodies, the virus can cause:

• precancerous lesions, i.e. when there is no cancer yet,
• cancers,
• anogenital warts. These warts appear around the anus and genitals. While not serious, they can be painful.

Anyone can develop precancerous lesions, cancers and warts, men and women alike.

• Mouth cancer
• Throat cancer
• Precancerous lesions or anal cancer or Penile cancer
• Anogenital warts
• Precancerous lesions or cancer of the cervix, vulva, vagina or anus

Every year in France, HPV causes:

• 100,000 warts
• 6,400 new cancer cases

THE HPV VACCINE IS A MEDICINE THAT PROTECTS. IT IS SAFE.

The HPV vaccine protects your child against:

• precancerous lesions and/or the following cancers: cervical cancer, vulval cancer, vaginal cancer, anal cancer,
• Anogenital warts.

The HPV vaccine is effective and safe.

More than 100 million children have already been vaccinated worldwide.

AT WHAT AGE SHOULD MY CHILD BE VACCINATED?

The vaccination is recommended from age 11 and up to age 14 for
girls and boys.

The earlier your child is vaccinated, the greater the protection against disease.

It takes 2 vaccine doses to be protected.

Don’t forget the second shot, 5 to 13 months later.

Your child can receive at the same time:

• one dose of the HPV vaccine,
• another vaccine, such as its DTPa-IPV booster vaccine.

The DTPa-IPV is scheduled between 11 and 13 years of age.

The DTPa-IPV vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (whooping cough), and poliomyelitis.

IF I FORGOT TO HAVE MY CHILD VACCINATED?

Vaccination is still possible between the ages of 15 and 19.

3 vaccine doses will be needed to be protected.

Don’t forget the second and third shots, 2 months after and then 6 months after the first.

WHO CAN VACCINATE MY CHILD?

• A doctor
• A pharmacist
• A midwife
• A nurse
• You can also go to a vaccination centre.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Your health insurance fund will reimburse 65% of the cost of each dose of vaccine.

For example, health insurance will reimburse €65 out of €100.

The remainder may be reimbursed by your mutual insurance company.

Vaccination is free of charge:

• in middle school/secondary school, for pupils in the 5th grade,
• at certain vaccination centres in your town or department,
• if you have CSS or AME state medical aid.

YOUR CHILD IS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN 5th GRADE

With your permission, your child can be vaccinated at the school:

• by a doctor,
• by a pharmacist,
• by a midwife,
• by a nurse.

Your child will be vaccinated 2 times.

The child must have their health record. The vaccination will be free
of charge.

If your child has already had the first shot, he or she can have the second at school.

By 2023, 400,000 12-year-olds has been vaccinated.

TO FIND OUT MORE

Talk to your doctor or visit e-cancer.fr

TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOUR CHILD

Visit our dedicated page preventionenfant.e-cancer.fr

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VACCINATION

Consult the dedicated health comic, available free of charge on www.santebd.org

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