One-dose HPV vaccination on the horizon after PBAC endorses switch

One dose is likely non-inferior to two doses, will save money and reduce adverse events, the PBAC determined
Professor Marion Saville
Professor Marion Saville.

Teenagers would only receive a single shot of the 9-valent HPV vaccine under the PBAC’s proposed shake-up of the adolescent vaccination program. 

The upper age limit for a catch-up dose would also be lifted from 20 to 25 years, if the Federal Government accepts recommendations from the committee’s December meeting.