# HPV vaccination programme in Nigeria

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## TL;DR

Nigeria offers girls vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) in its national schedule, introduced in 2023; WHO's latest schedule lists one dose at age 9.

## Summary

WHO's immunization data record HPV vaccine as introduced in Nigeria in 2023 (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 at age 9. The country's note in the WHO schedule table reads: "Girls 9 years". 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: Nigeria
- 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 Nigeria (HPV introduction): https://xmart-api-public.who.int/WIISE/MT_AD_INTRO_LONG?$filter=ANTIGEN%20eq%20'HPV'%20and%20ISO_3_CODE%20eq%20'NGA'

## 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: [Single-dose HPV vaccination schedules by country](https://onco.cc/terms/hpv-single-dose-adoption/)

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