gynaecologist fun score netsky advisors women who've already had cervical abnormalities or have a history of cancer in the family to get the jab. he doesn't see why h.p.v. vaccination shouldn't work in later life. for example you can also get vaccinated against pneumonia against new cockle infections from 60 or you can get a flu jab in later life and the immune response is good so we can also assume an h.p.v. vaccination would be pretty effective when you're older. we now know of over 200 different types of human papillomavirus but existing vaccines target only the few strains which cause the most infections scientists like on the last call from on are working hard to develop new ones that also tackle other dangerous h.p.v. types that goal is to protect all men and women from cancer caused by the human papillomavirus worldwide and regardless of their age. why should boys also be vaccinated against h.p.v. well 1st of all men are the ones who can transmit it to woman to get h.p.v. infected. as you talk about it. solidarity we should all get vaccinated against h.p.v. or woman gets over cance