HPV Vaccination: A Public Good and a Health Imperative

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Consider also the huge public health benefits of disease eradication, such as the smallpox vaccination campaign. Disease eradication can even form a justification for mandating immunizations, as in the case of polio. L.O. Gostin , “Mandatory Vaccination: Understanding the Common Good in the Midst of the Global Polio Eradication Campaign,” Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 7, no. 4 (2018): 1-4, doi 10.1186/s13584-017-0198-4.