The Vaccines

Please note: the following information is intended for guidance only. Please ask your own medical advisor for copies of vaccine product information that are relevant to you.


The UK childhood vaccination schedule (as at 13th August 2018)

At birth, targeted children will be offered BCG vaccine (one injection) against TB (tuberculosis). The vaccination is usually offered while the baby is still in hospital, but it can be given at any time.

8 weeks: 6-in-one (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB) plus pneumococcal jab plus Rotavirus vaccine

One single injection covers diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (whooping cough), polio, hib meningitis and Hepatitis B, plus a second injection for pneumococcal infection, plus rotavirus vaccine. Eight components given by two injections plus drops on the tongue during the same appointment. 

12 weeks: 6-in-one (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB) second dose, plus Rotavirus vaccine

Seven components given by one injection plus drops on the tongue during the same appointment. 

16 weeks: 6-in-one (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB) third dose, plus pneumococcal vaccine, plus Meningitis B vaccine

Eight components given by three injections during the same appointment. 


12 months: Hib/Men C, plus MMR

Hib meningitis and meningitis C is given as a single combined injection. 

MMR covers measles, mumps and rubella first dose and is given as a single combined injection. 

Five components given by two injections during the same appointment.

3 years and four months: MMR second dose plus four-in-1 (DtaP/IPV) given as a single combined booster vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (whooping cough) and polio. 

Seven components given by two injections during the same appointment.

12 - 13 years: HPV vaccine which covers human papillomavirus given as a single injection in two doses, six months apart. Currently given to girls only. Plans to include boys from the Autumn of 1918. 

14 years 3-in-one teenage booster - tetanus, diphtheria and polio plus MenACWY vaccine (meningitis caused by meningococcal types A, C, W and Y bacteria)

Four components given by two injections. 

19 - 25 years New university students MenACWY vaccine (meningitis caused by meningococcal types A, C, W and Y bacteria).

Other vaccines will be offered to children considered to be in risk groups. As well as hepatitis B and BCG vaccines already mentioned, vaccines for chickenpox and flu/swine flu will be routinely offered through the NHS system.


Vaccine schedules around the world

To find out which vaccines are used in any country and when they are given, check out: World Health Organization Vaccine Preventable Diseases Monitoring System:

Immunization schedules by antigen, selection centre:

http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/globalsummary/schedules





 





















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