To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of extending the HPV vaccination programme to male boys to reduce incidents of cervical cancer in women.
Answered on
15 February 2019
In its review of the modelling of the impact and cost effectiveness of vaccinating adolescent boys the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) noted that by vaccinating boys as well as girls, additional cases of cervical and non-cervical cancer will be prevented in women.
The JCVI statement, including a review of the evidence, is available at the following link:
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