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School children and adolescents

Additional vaccinations are recommended in adolescence because the vaccines:

  • require a booster dose in adolescence (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis or whooping cough)
  • are recommended to be given to adolescents only (human papillomavirus or HPV)
  • were not routinely given to infants previously (varicella or chickenpox and hepatitis B).

Adolescents can receive free vaccines under the National Immunisation Program Schedule Queensland (PDF, 135KB) to protect against:

The School Based Vaccination Program allows parents to have their child vaccinated through their school at no cost. Vaccines may also be administered by your doctor who may charge a fee.

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Last updated
10 April 2013

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