(Interview between the two sessions) Dai Xiuying, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
China News Service, Beijing, March 10th. Title: Dai Xiuying, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: It is recommended to promote HPV vaccine to benefit women in poverty-stricken areas as soon as possible
Author Yang Di Shi Yujia
"my country’s cervical cancer is mainly concentrated in rural areas, and the incidence of cervical cancer in poor areas is significantly higher than the national level." Papillomavirus vaccine (hereinafter referred to as HPV vaccine) will benefit women in poverty-stricken areas as soon as possible.
Cervical cancer is one of the common gynecological malignancies, and its incidence ranks fourth in the world for common malignancies, and it ranks second in Chinese female malignancies, second only to breast cancer.
There are about 130,000 new cases of cervical cancer in China each year, accounting for 28% of the total number of new cases of cervical cancer in the world.
"Cervical cancer is a preventable and curable disease." Dai Xiuying introduced that cervical cancer is currently the only tumor with a clear cause. There are mature early screening methods and preventive vaccines, and more than 90% of patients are caused by human nipple infection. Due to tumor virus, vaccination can effectively prevent cervical cancer.
However, China is currently facing challenges in the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer, such as a large population base, a gap in supply and demand, and the HPV vaccine has not yet been included in the national immunization program.
In this regard, Dai Xiuying suggested that HPV and other vaccines should be included in the national immunization plan as soon as possible under the evidence-based decision-making mechanism of the National Immunization Planning Expert Advisory Committee; at the same time, the competent authority should speed up the domestic HPV vaccine review and approval process, and pass price negotiation and concentration. Procurement and other methods to promote HPV vaccine supply companies to set prices reasonably.
However, due to the unbalanced development of regional economic and health levels, limited conditions for prevention and treatment, and lack of awareness of cervical cancer prevention and treatment, poor areas have become areas with a higher incidence of cervical cancer.
Dai Xiuying suggested that HPV vaccination should be included in medical insurance, and part of the reimbursement should be provided proportionally or funded by corresponding funds; free screening should be provided for women in poverty-stricken areas, and HPV vaccination should give priority to covering women of the right age in poverty-stricken families to achieve women’s cervical The threshold for cancer prevention and treatment moves forward.
"The World Health Organization issued the "Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer" at the end of 2020, which promised for the first time to eliminate one type of cancer." Dai Xiuying said that by focusing on the early prevention of cervical cancer, it is possible to eliminate cervical cancer. Life has saved the happiness of families.
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