Vaccine against HPV in boys in the National Immunizations Program/2017

Abstract

The Ministry of Health, through the National Immunizations Program (NIP), expanded, in 2014, the National Vaccine Calendar with the introduction of the quadrivalent vaccine against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in the Public Health System (SUS). The vaccination, in conjunction with current cervical cancer follow- up initiatives will allow for the prevention of this disease in the coming decades. Today, the disease represents the fourth main cause of death by neoplasms among women in Brazil, with an estimate of 15,000 cases and 5,000 deaths per year⁽¹⁾. [...]