The hpv vaccine does NOT encourage promiscuity

If you had the opportunity to protect your relative from cervical, throat or neck cancers, would you do it? I am sure the answer is yes. 

Care is precisely the reason we readily encourage our children to get vaccinated against hepatitis A, B and C; we agree the vaccines do not cause them to share needles or drink contaminated water. 

The HPV vaccine does not encourage increase or encourage the sexual promiscuity in women and men, in fact its purpose is to protect them from high-risk HPV strains that can cause cervical, throat or neck cancers. This is further underscored by government and health-body guidelines which state that you may receive the vaccine as early as 9 years old. 

The aim of the HPV vaccine is to reduce the chance of HPV-related cancers in our population. 

HPV/Cervical cancer statistics in Singapore

A MOH survey showed an increase in Singaporean women aged 30 and above diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer, with no improvements in the uptake of cervical cancer screening among Singaporean women. 

The HPV Information Centre provides additional statistics: cervical cancer is the 8th most common cancer in Singaporean women. 

Further reading

If you would like to read a study on this subject, please consider this recent study by Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health which verifies that the HPV vaccine does not appear to lead teens to engage in risky sexual behavior. (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/hpv-vaccine-teen-behavior/ and https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/142/3/e20180458.full) 

Resources:

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/hpv-vaccine-teen-behavior/

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/142/3/e20180458.full

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/hpv-cervical-cancer-vaccination-pap-smear-rates-singapore-11347050

https://hpvcentre.net/statistics/reports/SGP_FS.pdf