Appendix 9: Dates when vaccines became available in Australia
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Public sector |
Vaccine |
|
Australia |
Exceptions |
|
| 1945-46 | Tetanus toxoid | |
| 1953 | DTPw (diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis whole cell) | |
| 1956 May | Poliomyelitis (SALK) | |
| 1966 Sep | Poliomyelitis (OPV) (oral Sabin) | |
| 1969 | Measles | |
| 1971 Feb | Rubella (adolescent girls) | |
| 1975 | CDT (child diphtheria/tetanus) | |
| 1981 Jul | Mumps | |
| 1982 | ADT (adult diphtheria/tetanus) | |
| 1983 | Measles/Mumps | |
| 1986 | CDT-DTP 4th dose introduced (1st pertussis booster) | |
| 1987 Nov | NT 1988 Jan SA 1996 |
Hepatitis B (for at-risk infants) |
| 1989 | SA 1996 | MMR (infant dose) |
| 1992 May | Hib (for children18 months to 5 years) | |
| 1993 Apr | Hib (all infants born from Feb 1993) | |
| 1993 Jul | Hepatitis A (Havrix) (unfunded) | |
| 1994 | MMR (males and females in Grade 6) | |
| 1995 | CDT-DTP 5th dose introduced (2nd pertussis booster) | |
| 1997 Oct | Tas 1997 Oct Qld 1997 Dec |
DTP acellular (Infanrix) boosters for infants aged 18 months and 4–5 years to replace DTP 4th and 5th doses |
| 1997 | Influenza (program for over 65s) | |
| 1998 Jan | Qld 1998 Mar Tas 1998 Mar NT 1998 Apr NSW 1999 SA 1999 |
Hepatitis B (adolescent dose) |
| 1998 | MMR (Primary School program) | |
| 1998 | MMR/OPV 4-year-old booster (DTP,MMR,OPV) program before commencing school | |
| 1998 | Pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent vaccine (over 65s) (unfunded) | |
| 1999 Feb | NT 1997 Aug SA 1997 Aug Qld 1999 Apr |
DTPa (Infanrix) for infants aged 2, 4 and 6 months |
| 1999 | MMR (18–30-year-old program) | |
| 2000 | COMVAX (Hep B/Hib) available | |
| 2000 | Adult diphtheria/tetanus 10-yearly boosters ceased | |
| 2000 May | NT 1990 Aug | Hepatitis B (universal infant dose) |
| 2000 | Hepatitis B booster doses no longer recommended | |
| 2001 | Pneumococcal conjugate 7-valent vaccine (for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and all children in Central Australia only) | |
| 2001 Dec | Meningococcal C conjugate vaccine (Meningitec) (unfunded) | |
| 2001 | Varicella (chickenpox) (unfunded) | |
| 2001 | HibTITER vaccine ceased | |
| 2002 Aug | Meningococcal C conjugate vaccine (NeisVac-C) (unfunded) | |
| 2002 Oct | Meningococcal C conjugate vaccine (Menjugate) (unfunded) | |
| 2003 Sep | DTPa 4th dose at 18 months of age ceased | |
| 2003 Jan | Meningococcal C conjugate vaccine (at 12 months of age and catch-up until May 2007 for 1–19 years old) | |
| 2003 Sep | Pneumococcal conjugate 7-valent vaccine (for children with medical risks <5 years of age) | |
| 2004 Jan | dTpa (Boostrix) for 15–17 years (Year 10 school program) replaced ADT | |
| 2004 Sep | Combination vaccines with 4, 5 and 6 antigens available | |
| 2005 Jan | Pneumococcal conjugate 7-valent vaccine (for infants aged 2, 4 and 6 months and medical at-risk children + catch-up in 2005 for children born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2004) | |
| 2005 Jan | Pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent vaccine (funded for adults aged >65 years) | |
| 2005 Nov | Inactivated polio (IPV) vaccine (given in combination with DTPa scheduled at 2, 4 and 6 months and 4 years in place of OPV) | |
| 2005 Nov | Hepatitis A vaccine (for all Indigenous children aged ≤5 years living in Queensland, the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia) | |
| 2005 Nov | Varicella vaccine scheduled at 18 months of age and 13 years | |
| 2007 Apr | Human papillomavirus vaccine (for girls aged 12–13 years plus a 2-year catch-up period to end of June 2009 for girls aged 14–26 years) | |
| 2007 May | NT 2006 Oct | Rotavirus vaccine (for all children born from 1st May 2007) |
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