“A gender-neutral virus needs a gender-neutral vaccine.”



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​​We are campaigning to introduce global, gender-neutral vaccination to protect all children from the devastating

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carcinogen, HPV. While successful vaccination programmes for girls have been initiated in many countries, much

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less has been done to vaccinate males.  We believe that vaccinating females only is inadequate, discriminatory,

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and fails to acknowledge that men must be included in policy in order to significantly decrease HPV-related cancers. ​

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Gender- neutral vaccination will reduce the impact of the most dangerous strains of Human Papillomavirus on both

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men and women. By taking action now, we have the power to stop an epidemic while reducing the economic and

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social burdens of treatment for cancer and genital warts. In the United States and Australia, the benefits of gender-



neutral vaccination are supported by national policy. In the United States, the HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation

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successfully led a consortium of charities urging the FDA and CDC to support expanding the vaccine’s approval for 

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males, as well as the vaccine’s approval for the prevention of anal cancer.





​Since the inception of the charity in 2010, vaccination rates have risen from 1% to 8% in young boys in the USA.

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Australia’s school- based program , which offers free HPV vaccination for females aged 12-13 years old, extended

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the program to males of the same age this year. We hope to build on our successes and focus the campaign on

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gender-neutral vaccination in the United Kingdom. The current UK-wide Human Papillomavirus vaccination policy

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administered by the NHS through the school system is limited to females. We want this same service to be offered

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to males throughout the UK



 

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The HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation forged a strong alliance with the Throat Cancer Foundation, which has

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developed numerous resources to urge policy-makers to recognize the inequity of femaleonly vaccination.

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150 of the UK’s top medical and public health professionals have signed onto a petition that underscores the

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importance of gender-neutral vaccination. See who has signed the petition here.

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How to Take Action:

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• If you are a parent, ask your provider to talk with you about vaccinating both your male and female children

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   against HPV.

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• Write to your MP in support of gender-neutral vaccination. Explain that boys need to be protected just as much

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   as girls do.

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• Encourage your paediatrician or general practitioner to join the growing coalition of doctors and scientists that  

 

  support gender-neutral vaccination.

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• Support the NOMAN rowers and the efforts of the NOMAN Campaign by donating.