Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Front Public Health. 2022 Aug 1;10:907720. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.907720. eCollection 2022.
In Malaysia, the HPV immunization program has been introduced since 2010 as part of the national immunization plan for female students aged 13 years old. It was a very successful immunization program with good responses from students and parents until the start of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the schools to be closed and resulted about 225000 female students aged 13 years old either missed their vaccination or have incomplete doses of HPV vaccination in 2020 and 2021. This could possibly lead to an increase in cases of cervical cancer and genital warts in the upcoming years. Hence, a wellorganized catch-up HPV vaccination program is vital in ensuring the aim of achieving zero HPV-related infections in the future.
在马来西亚,HPV 疫苗接种计划自 2010 年以来已被纳入国家免疫计划,为 13 岁女学生提供疫苗接种。这是一项非常成功的免疫计划,得到了学生和家长的积极响应,直到 2020 年 COVID-19 大流行开始。COVID-19 大流行导致学校关闭,约有 225000 名 13 岁女学生在 2020 年和 2021 年错过了疫苗接种或 HPV 疫苗接种剂量不全。这可能会导致未来几年宫颈癌和生殖器疣病例的增加。因此,组织良好的 HPV 疫苗补种计划对于实现未来 HPV 相关感染零病例的目标至关重要。