Scientists say it would cost about £20m a year to extend the current HPV vaccine programme to boys. It is the only country to run a free HPV vaccine programme for both sexes. This last point was crucial is persuading health officials in Australia to extend its school HPV vaccine programme to men in 2013. The vaccine, if extended to boys, would protect them in later life against HPV-related head and neck cancers. So why is there opposition to the HPV vaccine ?
Source: The Guardian July 09, 2016 19:52 UTC