Pee Dee AHEC recently completed year one as a recipient of a National AHEC Organization (NAO) grant to conduct HPV (Human Papillomavirus) immunization education. This is the first of a potential five-year grant supporting this education. The purpose of the grant is to disseminate education to providers on the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for immunization practices in the prevention of HPV. The CDC has broadened its recommendations from 11- and 12-year-old girls to the addition of males in this age group, as well as males and females ages 13-26 who did not receive the immunizations at a younger age or did not complete the three dose series. In addition, they have added recommendations for any male through age 26 who engages in sex with other men and for men with compromised immune systems (including HIV) through age 26 if they did not receive the HPV vaccine when they were younger. During the first year of the grant, health pr...