Interim estimates of male human papillomavirus vaccination coverage in the school-based program in Australia

Authors

  • Julia ML Brotherton National HPV Vaccination Program Register, VCS Inc, Victoria
  • Michael R Batchelor Immunisation Program, Health Protection Branch, Department of Health, Victoria
  • Michelle O Bradley Immunisation Programs Section, Immunisation Branch, Office of Health Protection, Department of Health, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Scott A Brown Queensland Health Immunisation Program, Queensland
  • Simone M Duncombe Communicable Diseases Prevention Unit, Population Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
  • Dennis Meijer Communicable Diseases Branch, Health Protection NSW, NSW Health, New South Wales
  • Lauren E Tracey Prevention and Control Program, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia
  • Maureen Watson Immunisation Section, Communicable Disease Control Branch, Department of Health, South Australia
  • Rosalind J Webby Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health, Northern Territory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2015.39.17

Keywords:

HPV vaccine, school based vaccination

Abstract

In February 2013, following the successful establishment of the National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Program for females in Australia in 2007, the program was extended to males. This followed a recommendation by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee that extension of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine program to males would be acceptably cost-effective compared with female only vaccination, and subsequent listing on the National Immunisation Program of quadrivalent HPV vaccine for males. In this report we present interim estimates of male HPV vaccination coverage achieved in the school-based program in 2013.

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Published

01/06/15

How to Cite

Brotherton, Julia ML, Michael R Batchelor, Michelle O Bradley, Scott A Brown, Simone M Duncombe, Dennis Meijer, Lauren E Tracey, Maureen Watson, and Rosalind J Webby. 2015. “Interim Estimates of Male Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Coverage in the School-Based Program in Australia”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 39 (June):197-200. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2015.39.17.

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Vol. 39 (2015)

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Short report

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