Scotland's largest immunisation programme to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer will start in September, it has been announced.
Around 90,000 teenage girls are expected to receive the vaccine, which is being introduced a year ahead of the rest of the UK.
It is designed to protect against the two types of HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) that causes 70% of the cases of cervical cancer.
The vaccine will be offered to all girls who are under 18 when the immunisation campaign starts in September.
Girls will receive the immunisation at around the age of 12-13, with a "catch-up" campaign being run to immunise girls aged 13-17.
In Scotland, the catch-up campaign will begin this year - a year ahead of the rest of the UK.
Public Health Minister Shona Robison said: "This immunisation programme - the biggest ever in Scotland - has the potential to save hundreds of lives each year.
"That's why we are moving swiftly to ensure that as many girls as possible receive the vaccine and 90,000 will be immunised in the first year of the programme alone.
"By starting the catch-up programme this year, a year ahead of the rest of the UK, we are ensuring that more girls at the upper end of the age spectrum will receive the vaccine as soon as possible."
Two particular strains of HPV, known as types 16 & 18, are responsible for about 70% of all cervical cancers. In Scotland the lifetime risk of a woman developing cervical cancer is 1 in 124.