Australia is likely to be the first country in the world to completely eliminate cervical cancer. (photo No. 9)
In recent days, experts have predicted that Australia could become the first country to completely eliminate cervical cancer in the world, a feat that will be achieved in the next 40 years, the Australian news agency reported.
According to a new study published in the international journal (Journal of Infectious Diseases), the effectiveness of the human papillomavirus (HPV, cervical cancer-causing virus) vaccine is as high as 99.9 percent. The infection rate of the virus has dropped sharply.
The proportion of Australian women aged 18 to 24 with HPV has fallen from 22.7 percent to 1.1 percent over the past decade, the study said. Almost all sexually active people are likely to be infected with HPV. before the introduction of the HPV vaccine program But thanks to the success of the vaccine program, the International Society for Papillomavirus (IPVS) said in an official statement for the first time that cervical cancer would soon be eliminated as a public health problem.
The International Society of Papillomavirus is composed of the world`s leading experts in cervical cancer and HPV research. Royal Women`s Hospital (Royal Women') Australia is likely to be the first country to eliminate cervical cancer, said s Hospital) expert, Professor (University of Melbourne) of the University of Melbourne and World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Cervical Cancer Prevention Policy adviser Garland (Suzanne Garland).
Professor Garland said the institute predicted that the number of confirmed cases of cervical cancer in Australia would fall from nearly 1,000 a year today to just a few in the next 30 to 40 years. She said Australia`s HPV vaccination programme covering both sexes and screening measures for high-risk groups of cervical cancer meant that Australia would soon be effective in eliminating the deadly cancer.
But Professor Garland also pointed out that the complete elimination of cervical cancer will depend on a sustained increase in vaccine coverage and screening rates. It is reported that the current HPV vaccination rate of Australian high school students is about 77%. Garland called on parents to ensure that their children were vaccinated against HPV and stressed that the vaccine was safe and harmless.
