Following the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation statement in November 2015 advising a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme targeting men who have sex with men (MSM) up to the age of 45 attending Genitourinary medicine and HIV services, we launched a HPV vaccination programme for MSM to be delivered through our Integrated Sexual Reproductive Health drop-in service across Newport and the South East Wales Valleys from 1 August 2016. Over the first 18 months of the vaccination programme 539 of the 693 (77%) eligible MSM who attended clinics where the vaccine was available commenced vaccination. The vaccination programme appears to have fitted in well with our pre-existing sexual health service delivery model and appears popular with MSM attending the service. We completed the full vaccination course in 40% of MSM who commenced the vaccine with adequate time to complete the schedule within the time frame of the audit. The audit demonstrates that HPV vaccination delivery for MSM is feasible in an Integrated Sexual Reproductive Health service setting.
Use of facility assessment data to improve reproductive health service delivery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
