The cervical cancer vaccine ... providing protection against cervical cancer for their future.

Introducing the vaccine


Girls in Australia can have a vaccine to help protect them from cervical cancer.


It protects against the four types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause 70% of cervical cancers and 90% of genital warts.


It is available free to girls aged 12-13 in school under the National HPV Vaccination Program.

 

About HPV

About the vaccine

About cervical cancer

 

Everything a girl should know about the HPV vaccine

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Design and partial content reproduced with the kind permission of the New Zealand Ministry of Health.

Females who have had the cervical cancer vaccine still need regular Pap tests. The vaccine is a prescription medicine. Medicines have benefits and risks. After reading this website, talk to your doctor about the benefits and risks of this vaccine and to check eligibility.

The World Health Organization endorses HPV vaccination programs as part of an integrated cervical cancer prevention strategy that includes cervical cancer screening and sexual health education. WHO Position Paper on HPV Vaccination, Weekly Epidemiological Record, 9 April 2009.