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Teresa Jackowska: Many schools to have the facilities necessary for vaccinations

MedExpress Team

Piotr Wójcik

Published Sept. 10, 2024 09:30

- Vaccination in schools is certainly a good thing, too. It's good that principals don't hinder this, that they recommend vaccinations and give the green light to conduct vaccinations," said Professor Teresa Jackowska, president of the Polish Pediatric Society, in an interview with Medexpress during the Children and Adolescent Health Congress.

The availability of the HPV vaccination program for children and adolescents is changing. A larger group will be able to be vaccinated and schools are to be better involved. Is this the way to make these vaccinations better promoted, so that there will be a higher proportion of vaccinated children? In your opinion, will schools be able to cope?

According to the characteristics of medicinal products, that is, the two vaccines we have on the market in Poland, these vaccinations are registered above the age of 9. However, experts in many countries, including us, recommend vaccination between the ages of 11 and 14. This is when we give two doses of the vaccine. Despite the availability of this vaccine above the age of 9, however, I would recommend this vaccination precisely in this age range of 12-13...

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