Child and adolescent vaccinations

All vaccinations on the NT immunisation schedule are provided for free although some general practitioners (GPs) may charge a consultation fee.

In the NT, you can get your child vaccinated at:

• community care centres
• remote health clinics
• GPs
• Aboriginal medical services.

Some vaccines are also offered to students attending NT schools.

Read about what information you should tell an immunisation provider before getting a vaccination.

For more information about vaccination, ask your GP, immunisation provider or go to the Australian Government's Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC) website.

Vaccinations are recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register.

To get your child's immunisation history statement or your own:

• go to your online Medicare account through myGov on the Services Australia website or
• call 1800 653 809.

You should always keep a copy of all vaccinations given to your child.

It is important for your childcare or school to have a copy of your child's immunisation record to help prevent outbreaks of diseases.

Some vaccines are offered as part of the school vaccination program. These are given for free.

Before the vaccination, parents or guardians receive a consent form that they must sign.

Nurses give the vaccines during scheduled school days.

If your child misses school on that day, they can get the vaccine at a suitable time at a health facility.

Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine

All students in year 7 (12 years old) are offered this vaccine.

Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough are all potentially serious life-threatening diseases caused by bacterial infection.

You must give consent to receive the vaccine. Get the diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough vaccination consent form PDF (625.4 KB).

Read more about the adolescent booster dose of diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine on the Australian Government's DHAC website.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine

All students in year 7 (12 years old) are offered the HPV vaccine.

This vaccine protects against HPV-related cancers including:

• almost all cancers of the cervix
• some cancers of the anus, vulva, vagina, penis and throat.

You must give consent to receive the vaccine. Get the HPV vaccination consent form PDF (595.8 KB).

For more information, go to the Australian Government's DHAC website or the Cancer Council website.

Meningococcal ACWY vaccine

All students in year 9 (14 years old) are offered this vaccine.

Meningococcal disease can cause complications that may result in permanent disabilities such as loss of limbs, deafness, blindness, scarring, kidney or liver failure. In some cases, it can even lead to death.

You must give consent to receive the vaccine. Get the meningococcal ACWY vaccination consent form PDF (587.9 KB).

Read more about the disease and the vaccine on the Australian Government's DHAC website - noting vaccine is offered at 14 years old, year 9 in the NT, not year 10 as in other states.

Pneumococcal vaccine

Aboriginal students in year 9 (14 years old) are offered this vaccine.

Pneumococcal disease is more common in Aboriginal Australians.

You must give consent to receive the vaccine. Get the pneumococcal vaccination consent form PDF (726.8 KB).

Read more about pneumococcal disease.

Influenza vaccine

This vaccine is not given routinely as a school based program, but may be given to Aboriginal students (including boarders) of any age.

Yearly vaccination is recommended.

You must give consent to receive the vaccine. Get the influenza school consent form PDF (486.3 KB).

Read more about the flu vaccine.