Letter: HPV Vaccine in Schools

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Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is correctly dismayed by the stagnant fight against the spread of a common and preventable infectious disease ("HPV Vaccine Not Reaching Enough Girls, C.D.C. Says," news article, July 26).

As a former health commissioner for New York City, Dr. Frieden knows that school-based health centers are the straightforward solution to preventing the spread of infectious diseases among adolescents.

School-based health centers provide comprehensive care to children and adolescents in a setting that is trusted, familiar and immediately accessible: their school. The problem is that there are not enough of these clinics to fulfill this mission.

Unchanged vaccination rates, whether against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, or other preventable diseases and infections, show that we need investments in place-based, accessible health care so our country's students can remain healthy and ready to learn.

LINDA JUSZCZAK
President
School-Based Health Alliance
Washington, July 29, 2013

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