Disease |
Respiratory disease |
The vaccine can protect against a disease with high fever and breathlessness. |
Cancer |
The vaccine can protect against a cancer, which could occur 20 years from now. |
Genital warts |
The vaccine can protect against genital warts. |
Safety |
No side effect |
The vaccine does not cause serious side effects. |
Scientific surveillance |
The vaccine’s safety has been monitored for more than 10 years worldwide. No serious side effect has been scientifically confirmed. |
Safety other countries |
In countries where most adolescents are vaccinated, the risk of a serious side effect that could be due to vaccination has not increased. |
Benefit/risk |
The vaccine can only on rare occasions cause a serious side effect, but the benefits from vaccination are much greater than its risk. |
Indirect Protection |
Protects only you |
The vaccine protects only you. |
Protects others |
By getting vaccinated, you can avoid transmitting the infection to other persons. |
Elimination |
By vaccinating most young people of your age, one can make the disease disappear from the population. |
Coverage |
Not enough |
Not enough adolescents of your school have registered to get vaccinated. |
Already one third |
Already one-third of adolescents of your school has registered to get vaccinated. |
Most adolescents |
Most adolescents of your school have registered to get vaccinated (80%). |
Other countries 80% |
In some countries like England and Portugal, more than 80% of adolescents are vaccinated. |