the teams at the university hospital's HPV vaccination center

Vaccination is offered to 5th grade students ^and is carried out directly in the schools by the team from the Calvados Manche Orne vaccination center of the Caen Normandy University Hospital . 80 schools are to be visited in 2023, or about 2 per week.

This HPV vaccination program consists of two doses for children aged 11 to 14 and three doses for those aged 15 to 19. The booster dose is administered 6 to 12 months after the first dose for those aged 11 to 14. The 2023 vaccination campaign began in mid-September. By the end of October, 13 middle schools had received vaccinations from the center's professionals, reaching 1,064 students, of whom 229 were vaccinated against HPV , representing 21.5% of the children.

• Between 2019 and 2023: the teams met with 17,500 middle school students in 5th grade
• 33% of parents accept at least one vaccine, and among these 33%, an average of 80% accept the HPV
• As many girls as boys are vaccinated
• Over 4 years, 16% of middle school students will be vaccinated

• HPV infections that cause cancer;
• For all girls and boys before the start of sexual life;
• From 11 years old up to 19 years old inclusive.