HPV vaccines for circumpolar health: summary of plenary session, "Opportunities for Prevention: Global HPV Vaccine" and "Human Papillomavirus Prevention: The Nordic Experience"

Eileen F Dunne; Anders Koch

doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21070

HPV vaccines for circumpolar health: summary of plenary session, "Opportunities for Prevention: Global HPV Vaccine" and "Human Papillomavirus Prevention: The Nordic Experience"

Int J Circumpolar Health. 2013 Jan;72(1):21070. doi: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21070.

Authors

Eileen F Dunne¹, Anders Koch²

Affiliations

¹ a Division of STD Prevention National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention , Atlanta , GA , USA.
² b Department of Epidemiology Research Statens Serum Institut , Copenhagen , Denmark.

Abstract

In this publication, we provide an overview of the presentations, "Opportunities for Prevention: Global HPV Vaccine" and "Human Papillomavirus Prevention: The Nordic Experience" as a part of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, held at Anchorage, Alaska, on August 8, 2012. We provide an overview of HPV, HPV vaccines and policy as well as the Nordic experience with HPV vaccine introduction.

Keywords: HPV; HPV vaccine; Nordic countries; circumpolar health.