Human Papillomavirus Infection: Recommended vaccinations
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  General recommendation
  Recommendation for specific groups only
  Catch-up (e.g. if previous doses missed)
 		 Vaccination not funded by the National Health system
 		 Mandatory vaccination
Years
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Austria
HPV (F/M)1
Belgium
HPV (F/M)2
Bulgaria
HPV (F)3
Croatia
HPV (F/M)4
Cyprus
HPV (F/M)5
Czechia
HPV (F/M)6
HPV (F/M)
Denmark
HPV (F/M)7
Estonia
HPV (F)8
Finland
HPV (F/M)9
France
HPV (F/M)10
HPV (F/M)11
Germany
HPV (F/M)12
HPV (F)13
Greece
HPV (F/M)14
Hungary
HPV (F/M)15
Iceland
HPV (F)16
Ireland
HPV (F/M)17
Italy
HPV (F/M)18
Latvia
HPV (F/M)
Liechtenstein
HPV (F/M)19
HPV (F/M)20
Lithuania
HPV (F)21
Luxembourg
HPV (F/M)22
HPV (F/M)23
Malta
HPV (F)24
Netherlands
HPV (F/M)25
HPV (F/M)26
HPV (F/M)27
Norway
HPV (F/M)28
Poland
HPV (F/M)29
Portugal
HPV (F/M)30
Romania
HPV (F)31
Slovakia
HPV (F/M)32
Slovenia
HPV (F/M)33
Spain
HPV (F/M)34
HPV (F)35
Sweden
HPV (F/M)36

Footnotes:

  1. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination offered. Two doses with at least 6 months interval. Nine-valent vaccine recommended. catch-up until 21 years of age possible and free of charge from 01.02.2023, 2 doses. 3 doses from 21 years of age, catch-up until 30 years.
  2. 9-valent gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination offered from fall 2019) Two-dose schedule at 0 and 6 months.
  3. Girls-only vaccination offered. HPV vaccination is free of charge but voluntary and not included in the National mandatory Immunisation schedule but as part of the National program for primary prophylaxis of cervical cancer 2021-2024. 2 and 4 valent vaccine administered.
  4. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination recommended in the 8th grade of school. 9-Valent. Catch-up campaign for boys and girls up to 25 years since 2019, depending on availability of HPV vaccine.
  5. Girls and boys vaccination offered in schools and governmental immunisation centres. 9-valent. Two-dose schedule at 0 and 6 months.
  6. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination recommended since September 2019. Vaccination is covered by health insurance for all 13-14-year old. 2 and 4 valent vaccine.
  7. see https://www.ssi.dk/vaccinationer/boernevaccination/vaccination-mod-livmoderhalskraeft for details on interval between doses and catch-up policy
  8. As of January 2023, all 12-year-old girls will be vaccinated within the immunization programme and catch-up for 13-14-year-old girls. 9-valent girls-only vaccination offered in schools. Two-dose schedule at 0 and 6 months.
  9. more information available at https://thl.fi/fi/web/infektiotaudit-ja-rokotukset/rokotteet-a-o/hpv-eli-papilloomavirusrokote
  10. The extension of HPV vaccination to boys aged 11 to 14 with catch-up vaccination for those aged between 15 and 19. This recommendation is applicable since January 1, 2021.
  11. Girls and boy catch-up vaccination recommended. Three-dose schedule at 0, 1-2 and 6 months
  12. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination offered since 2018. Two-dose schedule at 0 and 6 months (if the interval between doses is <6 months, a third dose is recommended). 2, 4 or 9-valent.
  13. Girls-only catch-up vaccination offered to girls aged 14-17 or 15-17 years depending on the vaccines used. Three-dose schedule.
  14. Catch-up vaccination up to 18 years for those who missed out on vaccination (HPV vaccine is fully reimbursed in boys and girls aged 15-18 until 31.12.2023). 2 doses scheme up to 15 years with 6 months interval between doses, thereafter 3 doses. for specific at-risk groups vaccination can be extended up to 26 years.
  15. School-based vaccination in 7th grade (for girls and boys) with 9-valent vaccine, on a voluntary-based approach, free of charge
  16. 2-valent. Girls-only vaccination offered in schools (seventh grade). Two-dose schedule.
  17. 9-valent Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination offered in schools (first year, second-level) since September 2019. Two-dose schedule. More information : www.hpv.ie
  18. 9-valent. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccine offered (since 2017). Two-dose or three-dose schedule depending on age.
  19. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) 9-valent vaccination offered. Two-dose schedule.
  20. Gender neutral vaccination catch up.
  21. 2-valent. Girls-only vaccination offered. Two doses with a 6-months interval
  22. 9-valent. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination offered. Two doses with 6 months interval
  23. Three doses
  24. 9-valent. Girls-only vaccination offered. Two dose schedule at 0 and 6 months.
  25. Two dose schedule at 0 and 6 months. Gender neutral (boys and girls) vaccination.
  26. Catch-up campaign for boys and girls up to 18 years in 2022 and 2023. More information available at https://rijksvaccinatieprogramma.nl/vaccinaties/hpv
  27. Catch-up campaign for young adults aged 18 - 26 years in 2023. More information available at https://rijksvaccinatieprogramma.nl/vaccinaties/hpv
  28. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination offered in schools (seventh grade) since 2018. 2-valent
  29. Primary prevention utilizing HPV vaccination is recommended in the Polish Preventive Vaccination Plan for girls and boys before sexual initiation and according to the schedule recommended by manufacturers. Vaccines are available free of charge for teenage girls/children only in some preventive programs run by local authorities. - Resolution No. 10 of the Council of Ministers of February 4, 2020 on adopting the program Official Journal of the Minister of Health - 27 - Item 117 perennial Mon. National Oncological Strategy for 2020–2030
  30. 9-valent. Two-dose schedule at 0 and 6 months. Applicable to boys born from 2009.
  31. Girls-only vaccination recommended. Three-dose schedule.
  32. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination offered
  33. Girls and boys vaccination offered. in their 6th grade. Two-dose schedule. 9-valent
  34. Extension of HPV vaccination to boys aged 12, applicable since October 2022. Two-dose schedule (6 months intervals between doses).
  35. Previously unvaccinated girls. Three-dose schedule from 15 years of age.
  36. 9-valent. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination - School-based programme offered in fifth grade from August 2020.