HPV vaccination programme in South Korea

WHO's immunization data record HPV vaccine as introduced in South Korea in 2016. In the 2025 data the introduction is recorded as nationwide. The routine schedule reported to WHO for 2025 gives two doses of quadrivalent vaccine to girls at age 12, the later dose 6 months after the previous dose. The country's note in the WHO schedule table reads: "females adolescents aged 12-17years and low-income women aged 18-26years.". For hepatitis B vaccine, WHO records the birth dose as in the schedule in 2025.