HPV Recommendations
Planned Parenthood Applauds ACIP Recommendations on HPV Immunization Practices; Urges Full Funding to Ensure Broad Access
New York, NY - In response to the recommendations issued earlier today by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) issued the following statement praising the ACIP recommendations. The statement was issued by Dr. Jeff Waldman, PPFA Senior Director of Clinical Services and Medical Education
Statement on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommendations on HPV Immunization
by Dr. Jeff Waldman
Senior Director of Clinical Services and Medical Education
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
"We are extremely pleased by the HPV vaccination recommendations made today by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Their recommendation for widespread vaccination is an important step forward in eradicating cervical cancer in future generations. Now we must ensure that funding is made available to fully meet HPV immunization needs and that the public is educated about the importance of this milestone development. We urge that states add HPV immunization to their school vaccination requirements."
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Planned Parenthood Federation of America is the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care advocate and provider. We believe that everyone has the right to choose when or whether to have a child, and that every child should be wanted and loved. Planned Parenthood affiliates operate more than 860 health centers nationwide, providing medical services and sexuality education for millions of women, men, and teenagers each year. We also work with allies worldwide to ensure that all women and men have the right and the means to meet their sexual and reproductive health care needs.
Contacts
Gustavo Suarez, 212-261-4339
Published: 06.29.06
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