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Xiamen Maternity and Children’s Health Hospital Doctors Answer Citizens’ Questions
CCTV, Xiamen, March 4 (Reporter Chen Geng and correspondent Zhong Linjing) Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignant tumor in women. Studies have shown that 99.7% of cervical cancers are caused by a persistent, high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. In order to publicize and popularize the knowledge about the prevention and control of HPV, on the 4th the Xiamen Station event “Fourth International HPV Awareness Day” was launched at the two locations of the Maternity Hospital. and Xiamen Children’s Health and Xiamen University. The theme was “HPV: One that we can all overcome Virus”.
The “Fourth International HPV Awareness Day” was started by the International Papilloma Virus Society (IPVS), a global academic charity. The China Cancer Foundation (CFC) and the Faculty of Medicine and Public Health of the Beijing Union Faculty of Medicine involved nearly one hundred companies from all over the world One of the organizations started an initiative to launch Awareness Day about HPV in China. On the same day, 15 cities in China started the activity simultaneously, among which Xiamen was the first.
According to Director Li Qing, Director of the Department of Women’s Health and the Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cervical Diseases at Xiamen Maternity and Children’s Health Hospital, there are about 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer and 260,000 deaths each year. all over the world, which is equivalent to the suffering of a woman. of cervical cancer every minute. A woman died of cervical cancer in 2 minutes, and the most recent data in 2020 shows that there are 600,000 new cases of cervical cancer worldwide and 340,000 deaths; while there are about 110,000 new cases of cervical cancer in China, and about 60,000 women died of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer accounts for 18% of cervical cancer deaths in the world.
“But cervical cancer can be prevented, controlled and cured.” Li Qing explained that “preventable” refers to prophylactic HPV vaccination, “controllable” means regular cervical cancer screening, and “curable” refers to HPV screening. treatment. Doing a good job of tertiary prevention can greatly reduce morbidity and mortality from cervical cancer.
The World Health Organization is reported to recommend that women ages 9 to 14 who have not had sexual intercourse be the primary target group for vaccination and women older than 15 years the secondary target group. In 2020, for the first time, 194 countries, including China, pledged to eliminate cervical cancer and set an ambitious goal by 2030. 90% of the world’s girls must complete HPV vaccination before the age of 15 years.
As the birthplace of the first domestically manufactured cervical cancer vaccine, Xiamen actively responded to the World Health Organization initiative and issued the “Notice on Implementation Plan for Domestic Bivalent HPV Vaccination in Xiamen “in 2020, which will be the city’s school year. girls from 2020 to 2022. Provide domestically produced bivalent HPV vaccine and implement free voluntary vaccination, making me the first government-funded city in my country to vaccinate manufactured cervical cancer vaccine for free National for school-age girls.
Wu Ting, a professor at Xiamen University School of Public Health, said the first bivalent HPV vaccine with independent intellectual property rights produced by Xiamen Wantai Canghai Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Xinkening, was released, bringing good news to women. the world. The vaccine is as effective as internationally, safer and affordable. Xiamen City has taken the initiative to let women of the right age realize “HPV vaccine freedom”, which is a small step for China to achieve the global strategic goal. to eliminate cervical cancer.
She expressed the hope that with the celebration of this International HPV Awareness Day, people’s awareness of cervical cancer prevention and control will be increased, and women’s health will be shared with each other, as well as vaccines and cervical cancer screening as early as possible to block the spread and damage of HPV Fight the HPV virus together.Return to Sohu to see more
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