The HSE is launching the new HPV Catch-Up Campaign on 15 January 2026, giving young people who previously missed the HPV vaccine a once-off opportunity to get protected against HPV-related cancers. HPV (human papillomavirus) is a very common virus. Over 80% of people will get an HPV infection in their lifetime. While most infections clear […]
Category: Issue 76 January 2026
The HPV Catch-Up Programme will be offered to 5th and 6th years of secondary school by the HSE Schools Vaccination Teams. We would like to ensure you have the key information and resources needed to support the successful delivery of this new programme. Below are a number of useful documents to assist you in managing […]
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Addressing Misinformation
Vaccine misinformation has been in the news recently. When someone has concerns or worries about vaccines, the advice that a trusted healthcare professional gives is very influential (Malik et al. Behavioural Interventions for vaccination uptake: A systematic review and meta-analysis). There is good evidence that when a trusted healthcare professional talks to a person about their vaccine concerns in an empathetic and […]
Since 2016, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) all oral polio vaccines (OPV) vaccines provide protection against two types of polio virus (1 and 3) only. WHO advised that children vaccinated with OPV vaccine since 2016 should also receive inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) x 2 to complete Primary immunisation against polio infection. IPV still provides […]
Should children living with a pregnant woman or an immunocompromised person have the varicella vaccine? Yes, they should have the vaccine. Vaccinating children with varicella vaccine protects them from the complications of severe varicella infection and also reduces the risk of exposure of non-immune pregnant women, non-immune infants and immunocompromised individuals to varicella infection, which can have serious, life-threatening complications […]