Hepatitis B vaccination
The Hepatitis B vaccine is funded for babies under the National immunisation Program with catch-up vaccine available for people prior to turning 20.
The vaccine is also funded for:
- refugees
- humanitarian entrants,
- people who inject drugs
- household and sexual contacts of a hepatitis B positive person.
Ask your doctor or other immunisation provider about how to get the funded vaccine. You may be charged a consultation fee.
Who else should receive the vaccine
Hepatitis B vaccine is also recommended if you:
- have multiple sexual partners
- have certain chronic medical conditions and impaired immunity
- have chronic liver disease or Hepatitis C
- work in certain high-risk jobs, including healthcare workers, embalmers, tattooists and body-piercers, acupuncturists and sex workers
- are a resident or staff member of a facility for people with intellectual disabilities
- are an inmate or staff member of a long-term correction facility
- are travelling to regions where Hepatitis B is common
- are a migrant from a country where Hepatitis B is common
- are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
The vaccine may not be free.
More information
Go to the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care website.