Submitted on Tuesday 9th July 2019
Rejected on Friday 26th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Introduce a national catch up program to vaccinate boys against HPV up to age 18
The government should introduce a national catch up program to give boys the HPV vaccine to prevent cancers later in life.
These are some of the few preventable cancers and the cost of the program be a factor - it wasn’t when the vaccine was introduced for girls - so why different now?
The evidence is there already.
Other countries are already vaccinating their boys and have catch up programs - why should British boys be treated differently?
https://www.jostrust.org.uk/information/hpv-vaccine/boys-and-men
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
The HPV vaccine is offered in schools to girls and boys aged 12 to 13 (year 8) and those who miss their HPV vaccination in year 8 can continue to have the vaccine up to their 25th birthday:
www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/hpv-human-papillomavirus-vaccine/
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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