Vaccine against Human PapillomaVirus (HPV) GARDASIL which will both prevent cervical carcinoma (approximately 200 women a year die from this condition in the UK) (HPV16/8) and reduce this incidence of genital warts by 90%.(HPV 6/11) in the vaccinated population. Boys and girls should receive GARDASIL when they attain the age of 9. (The boys should receive it both to reduce the risk of genital warts and to reduce the population carriage of HPV 16 and 18 (which can cause cervical carcinoma in women.) GARDASIL -Protection against the Papilloma Viruses is likely to be long lasting.
