Vaccination is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health measures worldwide. It remains one of the most effective ways to protect people from many serious infectious diseases.
Did you know: over the past 50 years, childhood vaccines have prevented 154 million deaths globally, the vast majority in children under five.
Australia’s health leaders have reaffirmed that vaccines used in Australia are safe, effective and backed by multiple large, high-quality studies involving millions of children over several decades. Extensive research shows no link between vaccines and autism, and our rigorous TGA safety systems continue to monitor vaccines closely.
Maintaining strong community confidence in the vaccines that keep people safe, and ensuring access to accurate and reliable information, is more important than ever.
- Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Professor Anthony Lawler, and Australia’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Professor Michael Kidd AO
Two good links that directly address adolescent immunisation are:
https://www.hpvvaccine.org.au/ - A fantastic resource from the Cancer Council
https://skai.org.au/adolescent Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation SKAI is a great resource supported by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance Australia
Parent Consent & Booking:
Students with consent will be added to a school event where they will be taken out of class and given the vaccination.
Students will be required to sit on the floor in a quiet room, adjacent to the vaccination nurses where they will be monitored for 15 minutes.
After this, the students will be sent back to class.
Year 7: HPV - Gardasil 9 (human papillomavirus) & Boostrix (diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough)
Buckley Park College Year 7 Consent
Year 10: Nimenrix - Meningococcal ACWY
Buckley Park College Year 10 Consent
Please provide consent by no later than Friday 20th March, 2026
If families prefer, students can also be vaccinated via their family GP, or through the MVCC Immunisation Program
For further information, please contact the MVCC Immunisation Team on: 9243 1110 or immunisation@mvcc.vic.gov.au