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World-first Gonorrhea Vaccine Launched as an infection by NHS England
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World-first Gonorrhea Vaccine Launched as an infection by NHS England

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Last updated: May 21, 2025 12:13 am
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World-first Gonorrhea Vaccine Launched as an infection by NHS EnglandIs this enough effective?Possible new antibiotics for treating gonorrheaDo not eat condoms, sexual health experts say

World-first Gonorrhea Vaccine Launched as an infection by NHS England

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Andrew Rogers and James Galagher
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Preacher Max says he will definitely get a new vaccine

England will be the first country in the world to begin vaccinating people against sexually transmitted infection Gonoria.

This will not be available to all. Meditation will be mainly on gay and bisexual men, with many sexual partners or history of STI.

The vaccine is 30–40% effective, but NHS England hopes that it will reverse the increasing number of infections.

There were more than 85,000 cases in 2023 – most since the records started in 1918.

Gonorrhea does not always have symptoms, but they can include pain, abnormal discharge, inflammation of genitals and infertility.

How many people will be chosen to vaccinate are uncertain.

But the estimates of the Imperial College London show that if Jab proves popular then it can stop 100,000 cases and save NHS about £ 8 meters in the next decade.

Max, a sexual health preacher, told BBC Newsbeat that he would take “100%” vaccine after the diagnosis of Gonorrhea twice within a year.

“I think it’s great that it has been declared”, he says, “It’s going to take pressure from the clinic, it’s just a big win.”

Vaccination will begin in August and will be introduced through sexual health services.

Public Health Scotland said he was also working on a plan to start his program for high -risk persons.

BBC Newsbeat has asked health bodies in Wales and Northern Ireland if they intend to do so.

Is this enough effective?

This vaccine was not designed for gonorrhea. It is the meningitis B vaccine that is currently given to infants.

But the bacteria that cause two diseases are so closely related that the mainb jab cuts the cases of gonorrhea around a third.

This will require a delicate interaction in sexual health clinics as the vaccine will not eliminate the risk of catching gonorrhea. It is usually caught while having sex without a condom.

But Professor Andrew Pollard, Chairman of the Joint Committee on vaccination and vaccination (JCVI), who recommended the vaccine, stated that it was “worth” and overall “a major impact”, despite it being 30% effective.

The decision is not only about the record number of cases. Treating gonorrhea is becoming difficult.

Most cases are treated with a single dose of antibiotics, but the bacterium has an 80-year history that causes gonorrhea that develops frequent resistance to our antibiotics.

This is also happening for current treatments and that is why some doctors are worried that gonorrhea may be untreated for a day.

The best way to deal with drug-resistant infection is to never hold it in the first place.

Dr. of NHS England Amanda Doyle said: “A world-first regular vaccination for gonorrhea is a major step for sexual health and will be important in safety of individuals, helping to prevent the spread of infection and reduce the increasing rates of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria.”

People affected by Gonorrhea in Britain are 16 to 25 years of age, gay and bisexual men, and are of black and carbion dynasty.

Vaccine – which costs around 8 pounds per dose – the value for money when gay and bisexual men are presented mainly instead of all teenagers.

However, physicians have the freedom to use their own decisions and offer vaccine to people using sexual health services that they think are equally high risk.

People will be offered vaccines at the same time MPOX (eastly known as Monkeypox), HPV and Hepatitis vaccines.

Possible new antibiotics for treating gonorrhea

Do not eat condoms, sexual health experts say

Prof. Matt Philips, President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV, said: “This is an excellent news and a historic moment for sexual health in England.

“The diagnosis of gonorrhea is at their highest level as records have started and this has the ability to help us turning around.”

It is not known how long the safety provided by the vaccine will last or how often booster jab may be required.

The decision comes about one and a half years after the UK’s JCVI recommended the vaccination program.

Sexual health campaigners criticized that long wait, but welcomed the decision.

KT Clarke, head of policy and advocacy at Terence Higgins Trust, called it a “huge victory”.

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