# HPV vaccination programme in The Netherlands

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## TL;DR

The Netherlands offers girls and boys vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) in its national schedule, introduced in 2010; WHO's latest schedule lists two doses at age 10.

## Summary

WHO's immunization data record HPV vaccine as introduced in the Netherlands in 2010. In the 2025 data the introduction is recorded as nationwide. The routine schedule reported to WHO for 2025 gives two doses of bivalent vaccine to girls and boys at age 10, the later dose 6 months after the previous dose. The country's note in the WHO schedule table reads: "Females and males". For hepatitis B vaccine, WHO records the birth dose as given to risk groups only in 2025.

## Fields

- Kind: Term
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: National HPV vaccination programme: Netherlands (Kingdom of the); HPV vaccination in Netherlands
- 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 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (HPV introduction): https://xmart-api-public.who.int/WIISE/MT_AD_INTRO_LONG?$filter=ANTIGEN%20eq%20'HPV'%20and%20ISO_3_CODE%20eq%20'NLD'

## 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/)

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