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The Secretary of State with the Ministry of Health Cristian Anton Irimie on Wednesday made the announcement that, after the promotional campaign of the Ministry related to the vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) ended, the Ministry decided to, besides screening, make the vaccine too, taking into account the less encouraging signals related to the incidence of uterine cancer in Romania.

He told a press conference on Wednesday Romania ranks 2st in Europe in terms of mortality because of this disease, with the figure being 6.3 times higher compared with the one in other countries, and with an incidence of 27.65 percent per thousand inhabitants existing. According to the Secretary of State, every year there are diagnosed with this disease 3,400 women, with up to 40,000 cases being recorded annually.

He explained that the treatment for the C2 uterine cancer costs Romania approximately 70 million euros. ‘Based on these realities, the Ministry of Health decided to support the beginning of the vaccinations, for it has the responsibility of securing the people’s health,’ the Secretary of State said.
The vaccination campaign will be launched on November 23, following that, in the first stage, girls in the 6th and 7th grade to get the first dose of the vaccine, following that in January and in May 2010 respectively they get the 2nd and 3rd doses. According to estimates, as many as 110,000 girls will be vaccinated during this campaign.