When the UK Government first decided to provide the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to all girls it was met with opposition from those who claimed that it would ‘fuel promiscuity’. Of course this is nonsense and everyone who works in sexual health with young people said so at the time.
Either the vaccinations would be given with no explanation to the girls of the fact that HPV is a sexually transmitted infection in which case most girls would make no connection – either positive or negat...
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