Immunisation

Wodonga Council provides free immunisation to all members of the public, across all age groups, for vaccinations on the National Immunisation Schedule.

All members of the public are invited to attend the following free sessions to receive vaccinations on the National Immunisation Program schedule
Please click here to see the  National Immunisation Program schedule

Council Sessions

The council’s immunisation sessions are held:

  • Twice a month at the Wodonga Civic Centre, Hovell St, Wodonga
    from 9am to 10am
  • Night sessions are also held monthly at the Senior Citizens' Hall, rear of Hovell St, Wodonga
    from 4.30pm to 6pm

For 2009 session dates and times please click here

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Mobile Immunisation

Our mobile immunisation sessions are held:

  • Monthly at the Baranduda Community Centre, Sage Court, Baranduda
  • Monthly at the Trudewind Road Neighbourhood House, Trudewind Rd, Wodonga

For 2009 session dates and times please click here

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User Pay Vaccines

The following vaccines may not be available free of charge for all groups and may be purchased from the council:

  • Adult Hepatitis B vaccine
  • Influenza (for people aged under 65 years or not in an at risk group)
  • Adult Hepatitis A vaccine
  • Combined adult Hepatitis A & B vaccine
  • Chicken pox vaccine
  • Pneumococcal vaccine for children over two years of age or for adults aged under 65 years who are not in an at risk group
  • Meningococcal C vaccine (for people born before January 1, 2002)

Should you wish to purchase any of the vaccines listed above please pay at the council’s customer service desk prior to attending the session.

The council’s opening hours are 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Please bring your receipt for purchased vaccines with you to the immunisation session. 

All vaccines administered to children under the age of seven years are reported to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR).

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Gardasil Vaccine

The Gardasil program for females aged 14 (year eight) to 26 will cease at the end of June, 2009.
After this date only females in Year 7 will continue to receive the vaccine at school for free.

All girls in the eligible age group must have started their course by June 30 and finish the course by December 31, 2009 to receive the vaccination for free.

The Gardasil vaccine protects against four strains of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). There are many strains of HPV, only some of which can cause cancer. HPV strains 16 and 18 cause around 70 per cent of all cervical cancers. The Gardasil vaccine is effective in protecting females from the above strains of HPV responsible for causing cervical cancer if individuals are vaccinated before they are infected with them.

The Gardasil vaccination program consists of three doses of the vaccine over a period of six months.

HPV vaccination will not prevent all cases of cervical cancer, nor pre-cancerous cervical lesions. This means that all women aged 18 to 69 who have ever been sexually active, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, should have regular cervical screening by pap smears.

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School immunisation

Students at schools within Wodonga receive:

Year 7 Students

  • Hepatitis B - 2 dose course
  • Chicken pox
  • Gardasil (girls only) - three dose course

Year 10 Students 

  • Boostrix vaccination - Booster offering protection against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

These vaccines are not recommended to students who have been previously vaccinated against the diseases or in the case of chicken pox, who have had a case of the disease.

Letters and immunisation consent cards are sent home to parents via the school prior to immunisation sessions.

If your child has missed any of the above immunisations at school and is still eligible, please feel free to attend one of our free immunisation sessions or visit your local GP.

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Preschool immunisation

The council offers a pre-school immunisation program aimed at children aged four years,
The immunisations offered are:

  • Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis/polio
  • Measles/mumps/rubella

All pre-schools and childcare centres offering pre-school programs are visited and every eligible child is offered the scheduled vaccinations.

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For further information on immunisation please contact the Health Services Unit on
(02) 6022 9300


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