The call for active vaccination of the cervical cancer vaccine will be resumed, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of giving free vaccination to those who have passed the target age for regular vaccination while the call was stopped. I started the discussion.

The cervical cancer vaccine was added to the regular vaccination in April 2013, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare stopped calling for active vaccination two months later due to a series of women complaining of body aches.

Last week, an expert group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare decided to resume the call, and a subcommittee held on the 15th discussed free vaccination for people over the target age of regular vaccination while the call was stopped. Did.



The target of regular vaccination of cervical cancer vaccine is from 6th grade to 1st grade of high school, but those born between 1997 and 2005 are the generation who refrained from actively calling for vaccination.



The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has proposed a plan to give free vaccinations to all generations, and a plan to target only people under the age of 20 who are said to be highly effective.



The committee members commented, "It is the responsibility of the government to provide fair opportunities, and we should carefully explain to everyone that the effectiveness of the vaccine decreases with age," and "at our own expense." It is also necessary to provide compensation to the inoculated person. "



The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is aiming to resume the call for active vaccinations in April next year, and hopes to formulate a policy for free vaccinations for people over the target age by the end of this year.