HPV vaccination clinics to be held at Limerick Racecourse
THE HSE will be holding clinics in Limerick Racecourse as part of the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme.
The clinics will take place on January 11, 19 and 25 and is available for those aged under 25 years who were previously eligible but have not received the HPV vaccine yet.
The programme is supported by Bernie and Larry Brennan, parents of the late Laura Brennan who campaigned for a higher uptake of the HPV vaccine before her death from cervical cancer in 2019 at the age of 26.
Eligible people can register here for an appointment for a free vaccine, which will be administered through HSE vaccination clinics and schools (2023).
The most common cancer caused by the HPV virus is cervical cancer – cancer of the neck of the womb.
The HPV virus can cause other cancers and conditions that can affect boys, and since September 2019, boys have also been offered the HPV vaccine.
The more young people vaccinated – both boys and girls – the better the spread of the infection can be controlled and cancers prevented.
Free HPV vaccines will be offered to all boys and girls in second-level education who were previously eligible to receive the vaccine and who have not yet received it.
It is also open to young women under the age of 25 who have left secondary school and did not previously receive the vaccine.
If you are under 16 and want to get the HPV vaccine, you do not need to do anything for now.
You will be offered a vaccination through your school or a HSE clinic in 2023.
Over 500,000 people have already received the HPV vaccine through the HSE school vaccination programme.