KEY POINTS:
The Government will spend $177 million over five years on
vaccinating more than 300,000 girls and young women against two types
of human papilloma virus linked to the majority of cervical cancers.
Each
year 180 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and around 60 die
from it. The vaccine, Gardasil, protects against two HPV strains linked
to 70 per cent of cervical cancers, as well as other genital and anal
cancers in both men and women.
Is vaccination of all girls against the sexually-transmitted virus HPV a good idea? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:
