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Immunisation programs and initiatives

State and Territory information:
  • ACT: (02) 6205 2300
  • NSW: Contact the local Public Health Units (look under "Health" in the White pages)
  • NT: (08) 8922 8044
  • QLD: (07) 3234 1500
  • SA: (08) 8226 7177
  • Tas: 1800 671 738
  • Vic: 1300 882 008
  • WA: (08) 9321 1312

Specific details about current programs and initiatives are provided on this webpage.

For an archive of programs and initiatives see Past mass immunisation programs and initiatives and for details about funding arrangements see Immunise Australia Program.

Children
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Adolescents
Adults

Children

National Rotavirus Vaccination Program
Commenced: July 2007

Childhood meningococcal C vaccination program
Commenced: 2003

Childhood pneumococcal vaccination program
Commenced: January 2005

Replacement of oral polio vaccine (OPV) with inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)
Commenced: 1 November 2005

Varicella (chickenpox) vaccination program
Commenced: 1 November 2005

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Hepatitis A vaccination program
Commenced: 1 November 2005

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program
Commenced: April 2007

Indigenous pneumococcal and influenza immunisation program
Commenced: 1999

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Adolescents

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program
Commenced: April 2007

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Adults

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program
Commenced: April 2007

Influenza vaccine program for older Australians
Commenced: 1999

Pneumococcal vaccination program for older Australians
Commenced: 1 January 2005

Q fever management program
Ended in Victoria and South Australia on 30 June 2006
Ends in Queensland on 30 June 2007

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Page last modified: 29 June, 2007