ViVa news week 29 (July 20, 2026)

New Zealand — HPV schedule change takes effect From 27 July 2026, New Zealand’s school-based HPV program will shift to a single dose of Gardasil 9 with parental consent; dose 2 will still be free but will be administered via GPs, pharmacies, or community providers at least 6 months later. WHO global immunization coverage update (15 July 2026) WHO’s fact sheet reports global DTP3 coverage at about 85%, measles first-dose coverage around 84%, and HPV first-dose coverage near 33% in 2025, with roughly 20 million children unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. More than half of these children live in ten countries — Afghanistan, Angola, DRC, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Yemen — and by the end of 2025, 93 countries had adopted single-dose HPV schedules while 192 had added a second measles dose nationally. Germany — vaccine pricing legislation Germany’s Bundestag has passed a healthcare reform package designed to curb statutory...