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Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic

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Film + Q&A session

If you knew there was a vaccine that could prevent several types of cancer—including a form of cancer that kills over 250,000 women each year—would you get it for your child?

The HPV vaccine prevents infections from the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) that causes cervical and other forms of cancer. An estimated 79 million Americans are infected with HPV, and most females and males will become infected with at least one type of HPV in their lifetime.

But low HPV vaccination rates are leaving both boys and girls at risk. Less than half of adolescent girls and only 13% of adolescent boys in Washington State have received the needed doses.

Please join Public Health – Seattle & King County, Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Group Health Foundation in jump-starting the conversation between health care providers and parents about the benefits of HPV vaccination for cancer prevention!

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