A new vaccination сalendar for the children has been approved

A new vaccination сalendar for the children has been approved in Andorra (Pyrenees). The calendar comes into force on 1st January, 2018. The calendar changes are made regarding the vaccine against hepatitis – it will not be made to the newborn. Vaccination against hepatitis B is suggested to be carried out in three steps: at 2 months, 4 months and 12 months.

“Vaccination is one of the important measures in the field of public health and is carried out for the prevention of severe infectious diseases, reducing the mortality in the world,” reports the Government of Andorra.

Age Vaccine
2 months DTPa + IPV + Hib + HB

Men B

3 months Nc13v
4 months DTPa + IPV + Hib + HB

MCC

Men B

5 months Nc13v
12 months DTPa + IPV + Hib + HB

TV

13 months Nc13v

Men B

15 months MCC

VVZ

3 years TV

VVZ

5 years dTpa + IPV
12 years MCC

VPH (only girls)

15 years dTpa + IPV

HB: hepatitis B

DTPa: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough

IPV: poliomyelitis

Hib: Hemophilus infection type B

Men B: Meningococcus type B

MCC: Conjugated vaccine against meningococcus type C

Nc13v: Conjugated pneumococcal vaccine

TV: triple measles, rubyol and mumps vaccine

VVZ: chickenpox

VPH: human papillomavirus

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