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HPV Vaccine School Entry Requirement in Puerto Rico: Historical Context, Challenges, and Opportunities
ESSAY — Volume 18 — August 5, 2021
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The timeline starts in 1983 with Immunization Law No. 25, which states that no student or preschool child may be admitted or enrolled in a school or day care center if he or she is not properly immunized. The figure shows that, along the 38-year period and prior to the HPV school-entry milestone, policy efforts to increase HPV vaccine accessibility were made, and it displays the response to deter this policy and challenges endured prior to its implementation.
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Timeline of events from adoption to implementation of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine school-entry requirement in Puerto Rico, 1983–2020. Abbreviations: ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; DOH, Puerto Rico Department of Health; FDA, Federal Drug Administration; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; VOCES, Coalición de Vacunación de Puerto Rico.
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