HPV vaccination: Free until your 30th birthday

HPV vaccination: Free until your 30th birthday

Since July 2024, the HPV vaccine has been available free of charge in Austria to everyone up to their 30th birthday. The scheme, which has been offering the vaccine free of charge to young people aged between 9 and 21 since February 2023, has been extended to include those up to the age of 30 and will be accompanied by an information campaign this autumn.

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Around 900,000 people who have not yet had the opportunity to receive a free vaccination can now catch up. This catch-up programme is part of the healthcare reform and is accompanied by the expanded ‘Das beste Alter’ campaign, which is specifically aimed at people aged 30 and under.

Two doses of the vaccine, administered six to twelve months apart, are required for full protection. Anyone who receives their first dose shortly before their 30th birthday can also receive the second dose free of charge, even if they have since turned 30. Information on vaccination centres is available on the Ministry of Health’s website at impfen.gv.at.

Read more about the HPV vaccination here.

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