Regarding the cervical cancer vaccine for women, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to approve vaccination for men as it is also effective in preventing anal cancer.
Additional approval is Gardasil, which is currently approved for women to be vaccinated for its ability to prevent infection with the virus that causes cervical cancer.
A company that manufactures and sells will apply for additional approval for men as it is effective in preventing anal cancer, etc., and on the 4th, a council of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will approve it as "effectiveness and safety are recognized". I decided.
The subject is 9 years old or older and will be vaccinated 3 times in half a year.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, this vaccine is approved for men in 102 countries and regions, of which at least 40 countries are vaccinated at public expense.
In Japan, it is expected that the procedure will be approved by the end of this month, and then it will be discussed whether to add it to the "regular vaccination" that can be vaccinated at public expense.
This vaccine was added to the regular vaccination for women in the sixth grade to the first grade of high school in 2013, but the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is still active as many people complain of physical pain after vaccination. We have stopped calling for vaccination.