When will your child be offered vaccines?
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Here is an overview of when your child will be offered vaccines as part of the Childhood Immunisation Programme.
During pregnancy
Whooping cough vaccine is recommended at the 24-week prenatal check-up.
Information about whooping cough vaccine for pregnant women
6 weeks
- Vaccine against rotavirus
- Vaccine against tuberculosis (BCG); if in a risk group
Premature babies born before the 32nd week of pregnancy are recommended an extra dose of vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, Hib-infection and hepatitis B.
3 months
- Vaccine against rotavirus
- Vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, Hib-infection and hepatitis B
- Vaccine against pneumococcal disease
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5 months
- Vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, Hib-infection and hepatitis B
- Vaccine against pneumococcal disease
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12 months
- Vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, Hib-infection and hepatitis B
- Vaccine against pneumococcal disease
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15 months
- Vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
2nd grade (7-years-old)
- Vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and poliomyelitis
6th grade (11-years-old)
- Vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
7th grade (12-years-old)
- Vaccine against HPV (human papilloma virus).
10th grade (15-years-old)
- Vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and poliomyelitis