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05/11/2008
Government Reverses Cervical Cancer Vaccine Plan
The Minister for Health has announced plans to abandon the recently announced cervical cancer vaccination scheme.
The reversal comes just three after the broadly-welcomed plan to vaccinate all 12-year-old girls against a virus known to cause cervical cancer.
Citing "very scarce" health resources, Minister for Health Mary Harney said yesterday the economic situation had "rapidly and seriously" deteriorated since the plan was announced in August.
The decision has been criticised by the Irish Cancer Society, which has urged the Government to commit to restore the vaccination scheme "at the earliest possible opportunity".
Ms Harney said: "Public resources, including those for health, are very scarce indeed and will remain so.
"I have decided that the best that can be achieved in these circumstances is to prioritise funding for the development of the cervical screening programme and treatment services at the eight designated cancer centres, which includes the challenge of funding very expensive cancer drugs.
"I will not therefore be proceeding with the introduction of a HPV vaccination programme," she added.
The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination would have cost an estimated €9.7 million annually. Between 70 and 80 women with cervical cancer die in Ireland each year and some 200 new cases are diagnosed.
(DW)
The reversal comes just three after the broadly-welcomed plan to vaccinate all 12-year-old girls against a virus known to cause cervical cancer.
Citing "very scarce" health resources, Minister for Health Mary Harney said yesterday the economic situation had "rapidly and seriously" deteriorated since the plan was announced in August.
The decision has been criticised by the Irish Cancer Society, which has urged the Government to commit to restore the vaccination scheme "at the earliest possible opportunity".
Ms Harney said: "Public resources, including those for health, are very scarce indeed and will remain so.
"I have decided that the best that can be achieved in these circumstances is to prioritise funding for the development of the cervical screening programme and treatment services at the eight designated cancer centres, which includes the challenge of funding very expensive cancer drugs.
"I will not therefore be proceeding with the introduction of a HPV vaccination programme," she added.
The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination would have cost an estimated €9.7 million annually. Between 70 and 80 women with cervical cancer die in Ireland each year and some 200 new cases are diagnosed.
(DW)
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