ArticleInfection2023
Uptake of HPV vaccination among boys after the introduction of gender-neutral HPV vaccination in Germany before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Recovery from HPV vaccination deficits caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: a modeling study of catch-up HPV vaccination among adolescent girls.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
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- Enhancing Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Rates through Better Knowledge? Insights from a Survey among German Medical Students.Urologia internationalis · 2024Article
- Attitudes towards HPV and COVID school-entry policies among adults living in Puerto Rico.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- Moving Beyond the Female-Only Paradigm: Arguments for Accelerating the Global Gender-Neutral Human Papillomavirus Vaccination.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHPV vaccination has been recommended and reimbursed for girls in Germany since 2007. In June 2018 the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) recommended the gender-neutral vaccination of adolescents aged 9 to 14 years with catch-up through age 17. Objectives of this study were to describe the uptake of vaccination in boys before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsThe study used data from a proprietary electronic medical record database and a database with information on nationally dispensed vaccine doses. The monthly number of first doses of HPV vaccinations in boys and girls aged 9-17 years in the period from 01/2018 to 12/2021 was determined. In addition, for boys the cumulative vaccination rates were calculated for initiated and completed vaccination series.
resultsFour months after the introduction of mandatory reimbursement for boys, the monthly numbers of first doses were comparable to that of girls. Compared to the same month in 2019, the number of first doses declined by up to 49% (girls) in 2020 and 71% (boys) in 2021. At the end of 2021, the vaccination rate for 15-year-old boys (2006 birth cohort) reached 44.4% for initiated and 26.4% for completed series.
conclusionAfter an initial dynamic increase in HPV vaccinations in boys, the impact of COVID-19 was particularly strong in the second year of the pandemic. At the end of 2021 vaccination rates were still low. Efforts are needed to catch-up on adolescents that missed doses during the pandemic and to increase uptake.
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