Safeguarding the health of a generation

“We are trying our best to safeguard the health of a whole generation and future generations of Irish girls. This next generation who, thanks to modern science, need not run the risk of cervical cancer — a cancer which their mothers faced one generation previously.” This was the opening statement by HSE Director Tony O’Brien at the launch of the Executive’s 2017/18 Schools HPV Vaccine Programme and information campaign in Dublin earlier this month. Mr O’Brien and all launch attendees, which included HSE representatives, National Immunisation Office experts and the Minister for Health Simon Harris, displayed a much needed united…