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Immunizations - childhood vaccination programme - Management
What is the schedule of the Childhood Immunization Programme?
- Healthy children should receive vaccines to prevent disease according to the ages stated by the Childhood Immunization Programme, listed in Table 1.
Table 1. The UK Childhood Immunization Programme.
When to immunize? | What vaccine is given? | Which diseases are protected against? |
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2 months of age | DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel®) PCV§ (Prevenar 13®) | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae (type b) Pneumococcal disease (Streptococcus pneumoniae) |
3 months of age | DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel®) MenC (Meningitec®, Menjugate Kit®, NeisVac-C®) | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae (type b) Meningococcal disease (Neisseria meningitidis group C) |
4 months of age | DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel®) PCV§ (Prevenar 13®) MenC (Meningitec®, Menjugate Kit®, NeisVac-C®) | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae (type b) Pneumococcal disease Meningococcal disease group C |
12–13 months of age † | Hib/MenC (Menitorix®) MMR‡ (MMRVAXPRO®, Priorix ®) PCV§ (Prevenar 13®) | Haemophilus influenzae (type b), meningococcal disease Measles, mumps, and rubella Pneumococcal disease |
3 years 4 months to 5 years of age (Before nursery or school) | DTaP/IPV (Infanrix-IPV®) or dTaP/IPV (Repevax®)* MMR‡ (MMRVAXPRO®, Priorix ®) | Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and polio Measles mumps, and rubella |
Girls 12–13 years of age Between 13–18 years of age | HPV types 16, 18 (Cervarix®) 3 doses given at 0, 1–2, and 6 months Td/IPV (Revaxis®) | Cervical cancer Diphtheria, tetanus, and polio |
* The Hib vaccination catch up programme ceased on 3 March 2009, so the preschool booster has now reverted back to dTaP/IPV (Repevax®) or DTaP/IPV (Infanrix-IPV®). ‡ A catch-up programme is currently in place for people who have not received any MMR vaccine, or for people who have been only partially immunized. § Prevenar® will be replaced by Prevenar 13® from April 2010. † From October 2010, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommended that the vaccines currently given at 12 months (Hib/MenC) and 13 months of age (MMR, PCV) should be given at the same visit, between 12 and 13 months of age, to simplify the routine childhood immunisation schedule. |
Data from Immunisation against infectious disease (the 'Green Book'): [DH, 2010b] |
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