An increasing number of parents in the UAE are willing to vaccinate their children against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), protecting them from several diseases including cervical cancer.
“I think we see a lot of young people as well showing interest in vaccination,” said Dr Seema Sen, head of obstetrics and gynaecology at Danat Al Emarat hospital. “There is definitely a bit of a cultural shift. Parents are realising that this vaccination is not to promote sexual promiscuity but protect women because we know that 99 per cent of cervical cancers arise in the background of HPV.”
