With the hope of killing off a cancer-causing virus, young doctors are calling on all young people to get vaccinated against HPV for free in the Bay of Plenty.
Bay of Plenty District Health Board junior doctors and nurses have led by example and got the HPV immunisation and encourage other young people to join.
The free HPV immunisation is available to men and women between 16 and 26, with men only able to receive the free vaccine for the past two years.
The vaccine protects against human papillomavirus (HPV), a common virus which causes almost all cervical cancer as well as several other cancers that affect both men and women.
Dr Noah Bunkley, 26, said it would be great if his generation stopped HPV related cancers.