Vaccination calendar

A vaccination calendar or schedule lists recommended vaccinations based on the age of the person.

Europe

In Europe there are different vaccination recommendations depending on the country.

Comparison of selected vaccination recommendations in Western Europe (no risk groups, no booster vaccinations)
Vaccination start / time in months M (number of vaccinations), years J
(as of May 2020)

country	TBC	rota	Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis	Hib	polio	Hepatitis B.	Pneumococci	Meningococcal B.	Meningococcal C.	Measles, mumps, rubella	Varicella	Influenza	HPV
Denmark	-	-	3 M (3 vaccinations) 5 y	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations)	not clear	3 M (3 vaccinations) 65 y	-	-	15 M 4 y	-	65 y	12 y
Germany	-	1.5 M (2 or 3 vaccinations)	2 M (4 vaccinations) 5-6 years 9-17 y every 10 y	2 M (4 vaccinations)	2 M (4 vaccinations)	2 M (4 vaccinations)	2 M (3 vaccinations) , 60 y	-	12 M.	11–14 M (2nd vaccination with 15–23 M)	11–14 M (2nd vaccination with 15–23 M)	60 y	9-14 y ( 2nd vaccination after at least 5 M )
France	-	-	2 M (3 vaccinations) 6 years, 11-13 years, 25 yrs ( every 20 yrs ) 65 ( every 10 years )	2 M (3 vaccinations)	2 M (3 vaccinations) , every 20 years	2 M (3 vaccinations)	2 M (3 vaccinations)	-	5 sts, 12 sts	12 M, (6 Y)	65 y	65 y	11-14 y ( 2nd vaccination after at least 5 M, only girls )
Greece	-	2 M.	2 M (4 vaccinations)	2 M (4 vaccinations)	2 M (3 vaccinations)	2 M (3 vaccinations)	2 M (4 vaccinations) 65 y	-	12 M (2 vaccinations)	12 M (2nd vaccination at 4-5 years)	12 M (2nd vaccination at 4 years of age) , 60 y	60 y	11-18 y ( only girls )
Italy	-	3 M. ( 2 or 3 vaccinations )	3 M (3 vaccinations) , 6 yrs, 12-18 yrs every 10 y	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations) , 65 y	3 M (4 vaccinations)	14 M. 12-18 y	13 M (2nd vaccination at 6 years of age)	13 M (2nd vaccination at 6 years of age)	65 y	12-18 years old ( 2 or 3 vaccinations )
Norway	-	1.5 M. 3 M.	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations) 65 y	-	-	15 M (2nd vaccination at 11 years of age)	-	65 y	12 y
Austria	-	2 M. ( 2 or 3 vaccinations )	2 M (3 vaccinations) , 6 years, 12 years, then every 10 years to 60 years, later every 5 years	2 M (3 vaccinations)	2 M (3 vaccinations) , (6 Y)	2 M (3 vaccinations) , 6 years, 12 years, every 10 years to 60 years, later every 5 years	2 M (3 vaccinations) , 50 y	2 M (3 vaccinations)	12 M, 10-11 y	9 M (+ 2nd vaccination)	12 M (2 vaccinations)	7 M (2 vaccinations up to 8 years), annually	9-11 y ( 2 vaccinations )
Sweden	-	1.5 M. ( 2 or 3 vaccinations )	3 M (3 vaccinations) , 5 years, every 20 years	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations) 5 y	3 M (3 vaccinations)	3 M (3 vaccinations) , 65 y	-	-	18 M, 6-8 y	-	65 y	10-12 y ( 2 vaccinations )
Switzerland	-	-	2 M (4 vaccinations) , 11-15 years, every 20 years to 65, then every 10 years (German)	2 M (4 vaccinations)	2 M (4 vaccinations)	2 M (4 vaccinations)	(2 M (3 vaccinations )	-	24 M, (11-15 Y)	9 sts, 12 sts	11-15 years ( 2 vaccinations )	65 y	11-14 years old ( 2 vaccinations )

Germany

In the vaccination calendar of the Standing Vaccination Commission of the Robert Koch Institute ( STIKO ) (last updated August 22, 2019 from Epidemiological Bulletin No. 34/2019), the following vaccinations are recommended (age information in completed months or years):

meeting	vaccination
immediately after birth	Simultaneous hepatitis B vaccination for children with hepatitis B sick mothers
6 weeks	Rotavirus
2 months	Tetanus , diphtheria , pertussis , Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), polio , hepatitis B, pneumococci , rotavirus
3 months	Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Hib 1 , Polio 1 , Hepatitis B 1 , Pneumococci 2 , Rotavirus 3
4 months	Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Hib, Polio, Hepatitis B, Pneumococci
11-14 months	Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, Hib, polio, hepatitis B, pneumococci, measles , mumps , rubella , chickenpox , meningococci (from 12 months)
15-23 months	Measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox
5-6 years	Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis Booster
9-17 years	Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and polio booster, if necessary completion of the hepatitis B vaccination protection
9-14 years	Human papillomavirus
from 18 years every 10 years	Tetanus and diphtheria refresher, for the next tetanus / diphtheria refresher, once in combination with pertussis
Adults born in 1970 and younger	Measles vaccination (with measles / mumps / rubella vaccine) if vaccination was only given once or not at all in childhood
over 60 years	Influenza annually; two vaccinations with the adjuvanted herpes zoster dead vaccine; Pneumococci once, refreshments for special indications (every 5 years)

¹ This dose can be omitted if a monovalent vaccine is used.

² Premature babies only

³ Depending on the vaccine used

In order to keep the number of injections low, the STIKO recommends the use of combination vaccines.

All of the above-mentioned vaccinations recommended by the STIKO are compulsory services of the statutory health insurance companies (according to § 20d SGB ​​V )

See also : Public vaccination recommendation

Austria

The Austrian vaccination plan is defined in cooperation between the Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection and experts from the National Vaccination Committee .

Switzerland

The Swiss vaccination plan is determined by the Federal Commission for Vaccination Issues (EKIF) in cooperation with the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and Swissmedic .

See also

• European vaccination week
• Criticism of vaccinations

literature

General

• C. Hohmann: HPV vaccination recommended for girls . In: Pharmaceutical newspaper. No. 13/2007, GOVI-Verlag, Eschborn 2007.
• C. Hohmann: Protection against pneumococci and meningococci . In: Pharmaceutical newspaper. No. 32/2006, GOVI-Verlag, Eschborn 2006.

Germany

• Robert Koch Institute (Ed.): Recommendations of the Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) at the Robert Koch Institute - 2019/2020 . In: Epidemiological Bulletin . August 22, 2019, No. 34, Berlin 2019, p. 316 ( online ).
• Common Federal Committee (ed.): Regulation of the claim of the insured to benefits for immunization according to § 92 paragraph 1, sentence 2 # 15 SGB V.. . June 21, 2007 ( PDF, 256KB , accessed October 8, 2007).

Web links

• European Center for Disease Prevention and Control - Vaccine Schedule (English)
• Statens Serum Institut - Childhood vaccination program (Denmark; English)
• RKI: Recommendations of the Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) (Germany)
• Ministère des Solidarités et de la Santé - Le calendrier vaccinal (France; French)
• Ministero della Salute - Il calendario vaccinale del Piano Nazionale di Prevenzione Vaccinale 2017-2019 (Italy; Italian)
• Norwegian Institute of Public Health - Vaccination for children and adolescents (Norwegian Childhood Immunization Program) (Norway; English)
• Vaccination plan Austria  - Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection (Austria)
• The Public Health Agency of Sweden - Vaccination programs (Sweden; English)
• Federal Office of Public Health - Guidelines and recommendations on vaccinations and prophylaxis (Switzerland)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Office of Public Health FOPH: Swiss vaccination plan. June 21, 2019, accessed January 13, 2020 . 
2. ^ Vaccine Scheduler. ECDC, accessed January 13, 2020 . 
3. ^ Vaccination plan Austria. In: Federal Ministry for Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection . Retrieved January 13, 2020 .