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All the vaccines (except shingles vaccine) can now be given at the same time or immediately before or after the COVID-19 vaccine.

Gardasil9 is funded for 9- under 27 year old individuals, that is males and females, as per the National Immunisation Schedule.

• Individuals under the age of 15 years, will require 2 HPV doses with a minimal interval of 5months.
• Individuals aged between 15 and 27 years will require 3 doses of HPV vaccine. The standard schedule is 0,2,6 months.

Feel free to contact the nurse to discuss further.

FYI:

• Gardasil9 covers 9 types of human papillomavirus (HPV) which are: 6, 11, 16, 18 ,31, 33, 45, 52, 58.
• The vaccine is designed to protect men and women from HPV infection that can cause genital warts, precancerous cell changes and cancer in the throat, cervical cancer and anal, vaginal, vulval or penile cancers

Please read further on https://www.hpv.org.nz/for more information.