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HPV Vaccination Program Starting for Grade 8 Girls
The school-based HPV vaccination program is starting the third week of November and continuing throughout the school year.
In Ontario, the HPV vaccine is available FREE to all Grade 8 girls, to protect them from cervical cancer.
Every day a woman dies from cervical cancer in Canada and many more are diagnosed with the disease. There is now a vaccine that prevents infection from the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer.
There has been a great deal of controversy and misinformation regarding the HPV vaccine. To address this, Deb Bennett, Director of Health Protection at the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, is inviting all parents of Grade 8 girls attend one of two HPV vaccine information sessions.
When: Tuesday, November
13, 2007
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Where: Essex County
Civic Center, 360 Fairview Ave. W.,
Room C
When: Monday, November 19,
2007
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Where: Windsor-Essex County
Health Unit, 1005 Ouellette Ave., Windsor
For more information on HPV and the vaccine, visit the Health Unit’s HPV section.