Cervical Cancer Vaccination Is Available!

Recent studies showed that cervical cancer vaccination gives you protection against the virus for at least six years without any need of a booster.

Cervarix, the name of the cervical cancer vaccine protects you against the virus that causes 80% of the cancer. Girls of ages 12 and 13 are now being offered with the vaccine as an element of the Government’s plan to reduce the number of women developing cervical cancer.

Eight among ten girls are getting this offer. A recent study conducted which comparing the number of girls who are infected with HPV strains 16 and 18 and vaccinated with cervarix with the people who were not received the vaccine.

This vaccine protected these girls 100% from the HPV strains for about 6.4 years. This vaccine is safe to use. There is still study going on to confirm the long-term effects of the vaccine.

To achieve maximum benefits, girls need to be vaccinated before the sexual activity begins because the virus is passed on through intimate contact.