The presidential candidate's pledge to expand NIP is fierce

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The expansion of free HPV vaccine vaccination is spreading to a competition for pledges of presidential candidates between the ruling and opposition parties.

 

As the ruling party candidate adopted the application of the NIP of the bivalent and HPV vaccine as a pledge, the opposition candidate is fiercely fighting, promising to support the cost of vaccination of the expensive 9-ga HPV vaccine.

 

On the 23rd, politicians of the ruling and opposition parties are busy promoting their pledge to strengthen health and welfare, which includes free HPV vaccine vaccination.

 

Currently, HPV vaccine NIP targets 12-year-old female adolescents, and NIP applications are Cervarix, a divalent vaccine, and Gardasil, a quadrivalent Influenza Vaccines.

 

As President Moon Jae In announced last year, the health insurance authorities plan to expand the age of free HPV vaccine vaccination in the first half of this year to 12 to 17 years old.

 

Furthermore, Democratic Party of Korea candidate Lee Jae-myung and the people's power candidate Yoon Seok-yeol are determined to increase the number of HPV vaccine NIP targets and expand free vaccination items.

 

Democratic candidate Lee Jae-myung has repeatedly emphasized the pledge since announcing the policy of expanding the HPV vaccine NIP beyond female youth to male youth as his first pledge on the first day of the new year.

 

As candidate Lee's pledge is to expand the existing HPV vaccine vaccination age and gender, the items to be applied are expected to be divalent Cervarix and tetravalent Gardasil.

 

In a recent video, candidate Yoon Seok-yeol promised to apply the NIP of Gadasil 9 that is more expensive than other vaccines.

 

Candidate Yoon predicts vaccination insurance benefits for women aged 9 to 45 and men aged 9 to 26, which is the recommended age for Gadasil 9, so in some cases, it is expected to require significantly greater financial expenditure compared to the expansion of NIP.

 

Except for the NIP application age group, the cost of inoculation of Cervarix, Gardasil, and Gardasil 9 varies considerably.

 

Candidate Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea and candidate Yoon Seok-yeol of the People

Cervarix's total cost is about 300,000 won, Gardasil's cost is about 400,000 won, and Gardasil 9's cost is about 600,000 won, which is about 1.5 times more expensive than other Gardasil products.

 

The presidential candidates of the ruling and opposition parties plan to receive public support for their pledge to expand the relatively expensive HPV vaccine NIP.

 

The National Assembly is also steadily proposing a bill to expand the HPV vaccine NIP to support pledges for presidential candidates.

 

Rep.

 

Han Moo-kyung of the People's Power submitted a revision to the Infectious Disease Prevention and Management Act on the 21st, which provides HPV vaccinations to all children aged 12 regardless of gender.

 

Prior to this, Baek Jong-heon of the same party also proposed a bill in December last year to expand the scope of HPV vaccine NIP to 11-year-old and 12-year-old children regardless of gender.

 

In addition, Rep.

 

Choi Hye-young of the Democratic Party of Korea also proposed a bill in November 2020 to expand the target of HPV vaccine NIP to all children and adolescents under the age of 18.

 

As a result, the policy to expand the HPV vaccine NIP after the upcoming presidential election in March is going smoothly.

 

This is because both ruling and opposition candidates have made pledges, and specific directions for NIP expansion and applicable items are expected to be determined according to the results of the presidential election and details of subsequent pledges.