These documents are developed to support immunization service providers in British Columbia.
These documents contain supplementary information and should be used as a complement to the guidelines for the use of the vaccine contained in the Communicable Disease Control Manual, Chapter 2: Immunization.
Question & Answer documents are dated to indicate the date of production. New information that reaches the public domain after the production date of these documents is therefore not incorporated, and practitioners must take responsibility to ensure they have the most recent knowledge and are using the most recent guidelines relating to the situation with which they are dealing.
Archived Q&As
New Q&A for HPV
School-based HPV vaccine program expansion for 2017/18:
- Starting September 2017, BC's publicly funded immunization program will include HPV9 vaccine for grade 6 boys. Therefore all grade 6 students in BC, both female and male, will be offered the HPV9 vaccine series for free as part of the regular school-based immunization program. This vaccine may also be provided to eligible students through health care providers and local public health units if missed in the school setting. HPV9 vaccine will be provided as 2 doses given 6 months apart to grade 6 students. For more information please refer to the Ministry of Health announcement: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017HLTH0003-000027.
Updates to the HPV Immunization Program:
School-based HPV vaccine program expansion for 2017/18:
- See New and Noteworthy above
2016/17 school-based HPV vaccine program:
Program for at-risk males:
Additional HPV Information:
Mengingococcal quadrivalent vaccine for grade 9 students:
