Schools No Longer Require ‘Parent’s Consent’ To Administer HPV Vaccine

Schools No Longer Require ‘Parent’s Consent’ To Administer HPV Vaccine
Schools have always required parents to give their consent ahead of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations administered to children, but now things are set to change. Tuija Leino, who heads the National Institute for Health and Welfare THL’s immunization unit, says that permission was only sought from parents who were not aware that the HPV vaccine had been introduced to the national immunization programme