# HPV vaccination programme in Brazil

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## TL;DR

Brazil offers girls and boys vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) in its national schedule, introduced in 2013; WHO's latest schedule lists one dose for those aged 9 to 14.

## Summary

WHO's immunization data record HPV vaccine as introduced in Brazil in 2013 (a partial introduction that year). In the 2025 data the introduction is recorded as nationwide and the country reports a one-dose schedule. The routine schedule reported to WHO for 2025 gives one dose of quadrivalent vaccine to girls and boys aged 9 to 14. The country's note in the WHO schedule table reads: "females 9-14 years; males 11-14 years; and men and women 9-26 years of special risk groups receive three doses (1st contact, +2 months, +6 months)". WHO also lists additional doses for risk groups or catch-up cohorts in the same table. For hepatitis B vaccine, WHO records the birth dose as in the schedule in 2025.

## Fields

- Kind: Term
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: National HPV vaccination programme: Brazil
- Tags: vaccination-programme

## Sources

- WHO immunization data: introduction of HPV vaccine: https://immunizationdata.who.int/global/wiise-detail-page/introduction-of-hpv-(human-papilloma-virus)-vaccine
- WHO immunization data: HPV vaccination schedules: https://immunizationdata.who.int/global/wiise-detail-page/vaccination-schedule-for-human-papilloma-virus
- WHO xMart API rows for Brazil (HPV introduction): https://xmart-api-public.who.int/WIISE/MT_AD_INTRO_LONG?$filter=ANTIGEN%20eq%20'HPV'%20and%20ISO_3_CODE%20eq%20'BRA'

## Connected records

- collections: [WHO immunization data portal (WIISE)](https://onco.cc/collections/who-immunization-data/)
- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/)
- fronts: [Prevention & Risk](https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/)
- technologies: [HPV & HBV vaccination](https://onco.cc/technologies/hpv-vaccine/)
- pathways: [Oncogenic viruses](https://onco.cc/pathways/oncogenic-viruses/)
- terms: [HPV vaccination of boys as well as girls, by country](https://onco.cc/terms/hpv-gender-neutral-programmes/), [Single-dose HPV vaccination schedules by country](https://onco.cc/terms/hpv-single-dose-adoption/)

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