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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Kate O'Connell: ...20-week scans? We seem to be an outlier compared to the rest of Europe. The Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, is new to the area of health promotion. She probably heard I am obsessed with the HPV vaccine. There was a catch-up programme. Is there any information on the figures in terms of herd immunity? In the context of the Sláintecare report, perhaps Mr. Breslin or someone...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Simon Harris: ...services but to lay the foundations for the future. There was an idea for urgent treatment centres and I will certainly reflect on that with colleagues in the Department. Deputy O'Connell asked about HPV.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Catherine Byrne: ...hope to be able to implement the national drugs strategy in my role as Minister for State. Deputy O'Connell is right that there has been a significant fall in the numbers of young girls having the HPV vaccine. This is a very serious development for a large number of girls who may develop cervical cancer later in their lives. The Department of Health and the HSE are working to counteract...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Simon Harris: ...opportunity to call out the people who consistently tell mistruths about this because it will cost people their lives. Every year approximately 300 women get cervical cancer and 100 will die. The HPV vaccination has been tested to within an inch of its life and is internationally recognised as saving lives. Due to misinformation and scaremongering being put out by some people - some of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)
Mr. Tony O'Brien: I can give more information but some of it is not good information. In a past life I commissioned the first health technology assessment on the HPV vaccine and I regard the campaign against the vaccine as nothing short of emotional terrorism. Unfortunately, however, so far it has been successful. Vaccine uptake rates in 2014-15 were 87% and they fell to 72% in 2015-16...