
HPV vaccine dose halved for Guernsey children
Children aged 12-13 will only need one HPV vaccine to be considered fully immunised rather than two from autumn 2023.
Children aged 12-13 will only need one HPV vaccine to be considered fully immunised rather than two from autumn 2023.
Health authorities say the change in England follows advice from scientists that a single dose of vaccine ‘delivers robust protection’.
New data has shown that the level of uptake in secondary school children has not returned to pre-pandemic levels.