Brazil Extends HPV Rescue Vaccination for 15–19-Year-Olds Through 2026

Overview

• The Ministry of Health issued an ofício on June 29–30 formally extending the temporary 'resgate' HPV offer for 15–19-year-olds until December 31, 2026.
• Official monitoring through June shows 287,647 adolescents in the 15–19 age group have been vaccinated under the resgate effort but the ministry’s goal is to reach over 600,000 who missed the recommended window.
• The ministry directed states and municipalities to expand extramural actions in schools, universities, shopping centers and other public sites and to form partnerships with scientific societies, NGOs and community groups to boost uptake.
• Brazil’s single-dose routine for 9–14-year-olds, adopted in 2024, is being temporarily offered to unvaccinated 15–19-year-olds while people who are immunocompromised and other defined priority groups remain on multi-dose schedules.
• Health officials stress the vaccine’s safety and its role in preventing HPV-linked cancers, but local reports show uneven uptake — for example Piracicaba has reached 628 of an estimated 11,000 eligible young people — making scaled-up outreach and longer hours key to impact.