2024 influenza vaccination – Program advice for health professionals

This fact sheet provides advice for health professionals on administering National Immunisation Program (NIP) influenza vaccines in 2024, including information about:

• eligibility for free influenza vaccines
• vaccination timing
• influenza vaccination information specific to the funded cohorts:
  • children 6 months to less than 5 years
  • people aged 65 years and over
  • people who are medically at-risk
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  • pregnant women
• NIP influenza vaccines by age group
• reporting influenza vaccinations to the Australian Immunisation Register.

This advice should be read in conjunction with the annual ATAGI advice on seasonal influenza vaccines.