Recommendations by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG):
The
ACOG Committee on Adolescent Health Care and the ACOG Working Group on Immunization recommend the vaccination be given to females aged 9 to 26
years. To maximize the protective benefit of the vaccine, the ACOG Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended the initial vaccination target of females aged 11 or 12 years. Certainly, people will worry that giving the vaccine to young girls may be construed as giving the "green light" to girls to become sexually active. But since the vaccine will not cure one of an already existent infection, to get the maximum benefit from the vaccine it needs to be
given before any sexual activity and, therefore, before any possibleexposure has occurred. What parent wouldn't want to be able to reduce their daughter's chances of developing cervical cancer by 70 percent?
Further information regarding the recommendations of ACOG as well as
more information about the vaccine can be found at their website,
ACOG.com.
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