Covid pressures and ingrained public mistrust mean less than 3% of girls are inoculated, and death rate is among world’s highest
“The HPV programme concerns three topics which are controversial in Jamaica: young girls, sexually transmitted infections and vaccines,” said Dr Samantha Johnson, the director of Margins to Centre, a Kingston-based health advocacy group for women. “In a culture that values pre-marital abstinence, these three things converged to discourage vaccinations. Parents feel that giving children the HPV vaccine is the same as telling them it’s OK to have sex.
Prevention of cervical cancer in Jamaica is also hindered by low rates of cervical screenings. HPV screenings are not provided by Jamaica’s health service but women are entitled to regular smears that test for cancerous cells. But, according to the latestfrom 2017, fewer than half of Jamaican women reported having had a smear test in the previous three years, although 70% did report at least one test in their lifetime.
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