Optizing/Maximizing HPV Vaccine Strategies to Minimize HPVInfections for Canadians

The human papillomavirus (HPV) infects 75% of Canadians today and causes ailments such as warts

and cancers. The newly approved vaccine, Gardasil, is being used across Canada to prevent

infection of HPV and therefore stop the development of genital warts and cancers. Each province is

given the responsibility of developing a vaccine program and implementing it. When the programs

were first introduced in 2007, they differed across provinces by the age of children who were receiving

the vaccine, how many doses were given and the proportion of children in each province vaccinated.

Since Health Canada approved the vaccine for males in 2010, the program component of which

gender(s) to vaccinate can now be added. We use mathematical modeling techniques to consider

these factors to develop the most effective vaccine program to minimize the number of infections for

each province and territory. The partner organization, the Public Health Agency of Canada, will benefit from this research by (i)

gaining knowledge of….

Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Smith

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Health Canada (Ottawa, ON);University of Ottawa

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Life Sciences

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University of Ottawa

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Accelerate

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