Regarding the cervical cancer vaccine, which is being considered with a view to resuming active calls for vaccination, the Parliamentary Union is trying to secure an opportunity for volunteers of local lawmakers to receive free vaccinations for women who have not received regular vaccinations. Was established.
The cervical cancer vaccine was added to the regular vaccination that can be given free of charge in 2013, but the active call for vaccination was stopped due to a series of people complaining of unexplained body pain.
Last month, an expert group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that it would proceed with consideration with a view to resuming it, saying that data showing safety and effectiveness have been reported overseas.
Under these circumstances, 126 volunteers from local parliamentarians nationwide launched a bipartisan parliamentary federation on the 9th, saying that women who have passed the target age for regular vaccination should be rescued in the last eight years.
At a meeting held in Tokyo, one of the founders, an obstetrician and gynecologist, Kyoko Tanebe, a member of the Toyama Prefectural Assembly, said, "I decided not to let anyone lose their lives by missing the opportunity to inoculate. I want to go. "
He confirmed that he would ask the government to secure financial resources so that all women who missed the vaccination opportunity could receive the vaccination free of charge.
Regarding the cervical cancer vaccine, 130 women have filed complaints against the government and pharmaceutical companies for payment of treatment costs, etc., alleging that the vaccination caused body pain, and the defense team is actively calling for it. I am against the resumption of.