Estonia
Comments:
(1) Given at 12 hours of life.
(2) Hepatitis B vaccine (schedule at 0-1-6 months) for children born in the period 1995-2003 and not previously vaccinated.
(3) Hepatitis B vaccine (schedule at 0-1-6 months) for children born in the period 1994-1995 and not previously vaccinated.
(4) A seventh dose against diphtheria and tetanus is recommended to children born in the period 1990-1995 and previously vaccinated at age 12 years with sixth vaccine dose. A dT booster dose is recommended every 10 years starting from the age of 25 years.
Changes:
2005: Hib introduced in the childhood vaccination schedule in September 2005
2008: Change over from wP to aP. Also change over from OPV to IPV
The national programme of vaccination
[25.11.08]
Age | Vaccine |
| 12 hours | Hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) (1) |
| 1-5 days | Vaccine against tuberculosis (BCG) |
| 1 month | HepB |
| 3 month | Diphteria-tetanus-pertussis (DTaP), inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), haemophilus influenza type b vaccine (Hib) |
| 4.5 month | DTaP, IPV, Hib |
| 6 month | DTaP, IPV, Hib, HepB |
| 1 year | Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) |
| 2 years | DTaP, IPV, Hib |
| 6-7 years | DTaP, IPV |
| 12 years | HepB (2) |
| 13 years | HepB (3), MMR |
| 15-16 years | Tetanus-low dose diphteria vaccine (dT) |
| 17 years | dT booster (4) |
Source: Health Board, 2011
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