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Missouri HPV Education Coalition Website:
www.mohpv.org

Press Releases:
Number of Distribution Sites, Interest Grows for HPV Vaccine (August 2007)

Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City Announcement (May 2007)

MFH Announcement (January 2007)

On January 16, 2007, MFH announced its largest single grant -
$11 million to provide the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for 30,000 girls and women this year in Missouri. The grant represents the largest non-governmental funding of the vaccine's distribution in the United States, and the most comprehensive effort in any state to ensure all who can benefit from the vaccine receive it. The vaccine, Gardasil®, prevents cervical cancer in females caused by certain types of HPV.

The grant enables Missouri health care providers to provide the vaccine free of charge to girls and women ages 9-26 not covered by adequate insurance or who do not qualify for Missouri's free Vaccines For Children (VFC) program.

The grant to purchase the vaccine is being given to Missouri Family Health Council (MFHC) and Missouri Primary Care Association (MPCA), which is distributing Gardasil to 139 health centers around the state.

Following are printed and electronic materials related to this grant announcement. For more information, please contact Bev Pfeifer-Harms, Director of Communications, at 314.345.5505 or bpfeiferharms@mffh.org.

Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City Announcement

On May 22, 2007, The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City announced it was granting $2 million to provide the HPV vaccine to 5,000 females in its six-county service area. For more information, please follow the links below.
Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City News Release (PDF)
Distribution Sites in Kansas City Metropolitan Area (PDF)
Link to Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City Website

Printed Materials & Resources

Distribution List (updated 02.28.08)

Press Release (Number of Distribution Sites, Interest Grows for HPV Vaccine - August 2007)
Press Release (January announcement)
HPV Fact Sheet - MFH
HPV Fact Sheet - Kaiser Family Foundation
Gardasil Fact Sheet
Missouri Primary Care Association & Missouri Family Health Council Fact Sheet
HPV Vaccine Page of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Website

Frequently Asked Questions

Vaccine Images

Click here for images related to HPV and the vaccine Gardasil.

Vaccine Video

This video, courtesy of Merck & Co., Inc., is footage of Gardasil being packaged and two sample vaccinations. It is 2 minutes and 20 seconds long.
View video (large file - 24.6 MB)


 



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