Health and Social Services
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine
Gardasil™ is a new vaccine approved by Health Canada in 2006. Its purpose is to reduce the incidence of genital warts and cervical cancer in girls and women between 9 and 26 years of age.
The Yukon's Territorial Advisory Committee on Immunization (TACI) supports the vaccine.
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Nurses will be administering the vaccine in Whitehorse schools during the week of September 27th. Information packages and consent forms will be mailed to parents the week of the 13th. Consent forms must be signed and returned before your daughter can receive the vaccine at school. Students and their parents can also come to Whitehorse Health Centre (9010 Quartz Road) to receive the vaccine during our drop-in hours between Monday and Friday, 8:00 to 8:30 am or 3:00 to 4:00 pm or on Saturdays, 10 to 11:30 am. |
The Yukon has added HPV vaccine to its regular immunization schedule for girls in grade six. For the school year 2010/11, a catch-up program will also make the vaccine available to girls in grades seven and eight. The vaccine is voluntary and will require parental consent.
Those interested in obtaining the vaccine can contact their local health centre to make arrangements.
For more information on the HPV Vaccine
Visit the Health Canada web site at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh-vsv/diseases-maladies/hpv-vph_e.html
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contact Whitehorse Health Centre at 867-667-8864 or toll-free from Yukon communities at 1-800-661-0408, ext. 8864.
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