The "Carmen de Bol ívar event" in HPV vaccination in Colombia. Cause or outcome?

DISCUSSION: There could be a new list of responsibles to assess "Carmen de Bolívar" more as an outcome. Such as the introduction of the non-integrated vaccine to sexual and reproductive health programs, the absence of prior strengthening of knowledge and skills about HPV and the vaccine in health workers, especially in primary care, the absence of a specific prior communication plan at the start of vaccination, guided by the indications of problems of acceptability in the population and knowledge gaps in women in deep Colombia, the implementation of an operational strategy identical to vaccines for communicable diseases that did not assess the unique characteristics of the vaccine against HPV. But also, the handling of the crisis in El Carmen de Bolívar that did not comply with the WHO recommendations for these cases could operate as an aggravating circumstance, and not as a determining cause of the current problem.PMID:36753245 | DOI:10.15446/rsap.V22n4.84173

Source: Revista de Salud Publica - February 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Giana M Henr íquez-Mendoza Source Type: research