Commonwealth-funded additional free vaccines
The Commonwealth Government funds a range of vaccines missed in childhood under the National Immunisation Program. Detailed information is available on
Catch-up immunisations. If you're eligible for a catch-up vaccine, please discuss with your local GP or pharmacist immuniser.
NSW-funded additional free vaccines
The following table indicates
additional vaccines provided free in NSW for eligible people and for post-exposure treatment for hepatitis A and Australian bat lyssavirus or rabies exposures.
| Hepatitis A | Post-exposure treatment for Hepatitis A exposures (order via Public Health Unit on
1300 066 055) |
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| Hepatitis B | As recommended by the
Australian Immunisation Handbook, hepatitis B vaccination is recommended and free for: - Aboriginal people
- Household and sexual contacts of acute and chronic hepatitis B cases
- Immunosuppressed people
- People with HIV or hepatitis C
- Men who have sex with men
- Injecting drug users
- Sex workers
- Clients of sexual health clinics (at LHD discretion)
Hepatitis B vaccine is not free for persons outside of these priority populations, healthcare students or persons travelling overseas. |
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| Japanese encephalitis | For more information refer to
Japanese encephalitis virus vaccination.
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| Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) | - Unvaccinated individuals born during or after 1966.
- For vaccination of rubella seronegative post natal women.
- Infants 6 months to <12 months travelling to countries where measles is endemic, or where measles outbreaks are occurring. For more information refer to the
Australian Immunisation Handbook for dosing and age recommendations.
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Mpox
| - All sexually active gay and bisexual men (cis and trans).
- Sex workers.
- Sexual partners of the people above.
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Post exposure preventative vaccination (PEPV) can be given to contacts of mpox cases who have not yet received 2 doses of JYNNEOS vaccine.
For more information refer to
Mpox vaccination. |
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| Rabies vaccine and human rabies immunoglobulin |
Post-exposure treatment for Australian bat lyssavirus and rabies exposures (order via Public Health Unit on
1300 066 055) |
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| Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) | Infant nirsevimab program for
eligible infants under the NSW RSV Prevention Program. For more information refer to
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). |
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| Vaccines for Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) recipients | Vaccination of bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients aged 10 years and over as recommended by the
Australian Immunisation Handbook including: - Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis
- Polio
- Hepatitis B
- Haemophilus influenzae (Hib)
- Meningococcal ACWY
- Meningococcal B
- Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
- Varicella zoster (VZV)
- Pneumococcal (23vPPV) (Pneumovax23).
Pneumococcal (Prevenar 13), Recombinant zoster vaccine (Shingrix), Human Papillomavirus (HPV), COVID-19 and influenza vaccines are funded under the National Immunisation Program. |
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