Vaccine Scheduler
Croatia and Germany: Comparison of recommended vaccinations
| Croatia | Germany | |
|---|---|---|
| General recommendation | ||
| Recommendation for specific groups only | ||
| Catch-up (e.g. if previous doses missed) | ||
| Vaccination not funded by the National Health system | ||
| Mandatory vaccination | ||
| Birth | Weeks | Months | Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15-16 | 17 | 18 | |||||
| Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)1, 2 | COVID-191 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COVID-196 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| tuberculosis | BCG7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rotavirus infection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROTA | ROTA | ROTA8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| diphtheria | D | D | D | D | D | D9 | d10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D | D | D | D | D | d | d | d11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| tetanus | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT12 | TT13 | TT10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| pertussis | acP | acP | acP | acP | acP12 | acP9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| acP | acP | acP | acP | acP | acp | acp | acp14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| poliomyelitis | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV15 | IPV10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| IPV | IPV16 | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | Hib | Hib | Hib | Hib | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hib | Hib16 | Hib | Hib | Hib18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| hepatitis B | HepB19 | HepB | HepB20 | HepB | HepB21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HepB | HepB16 | HepB | HepB | HepB | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| pneumococcal disease3 | PCV22 | PCV22 | PCV22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PCV | PCV | PCV | PCV18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| meningococcal disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MenC | MenC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| measles4 | MEAS | MEAS15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MEAS23 | MEAS | MEAS | MEAS | MEAS24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| mumps | MUMPS | MUMPS15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MUMPS25 | MUMPS | MUMPS | MUMPS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rubella | RUBE | RUBE15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RUBE25 | RUBE | RUBE | RUBE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| varicella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VAR | VAR | VAR | VAR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV (F/M)26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HPV (F/M)27 | HPV (F)28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| influenza5 | IIV429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Footnotes:
- https://www.hzjz.hr/sluzba-epidemiologija-zarazne-bolesti/koronavirus-najnovije-preporuke/
- https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/Impfen/ImpfungenAZ/COVID-19/Impfempfehlung-Zusfassung.html
- Premature infants receive an additional vaccine dose at the age of 3 months; in total they receive 4 doses
- For more information on specific population groups where measles vaccination is mandatory please refer to https://www.masernschutz.de/themen/rechtliche-aspekte.html
- TIV may also be replaced by QIV (quadrivalent) or aTIV (adjuvanted TIV) vaccine
- For a full description of currently applicable COVID-19 recommendations, please refer to https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/Impfen/ImpfungenAZ/COVID-19/Impfempfehlung-Zusfassung.html
- Vaccination preferable at the time of delivery in the hospital. otherwise it should be given before 1 year of age.
- 3rd dose only for pentavalent rotavirus vaccines
- DTaP or dTap. Catch-up at grade 1
- Given to students in grade 8
- Booster doses every 10 years. catch-up for those unvaccinated
- DTaP or dTap.
- DTaP or dTap. Catch-up at grade 1.
- The next due Td 10-yearly booster dose should be with a Tdacp vaccine. Subsequent booster doses are to be done with Td vaccines.
- Given to grade 1 students
- optional dosis if monovalent and other combination vaccines are used
- catch-up for those unvaccinated
- number of doses necessary varies according to age
- Infants of HBsAg-positive mothers receive Hepatitis B immunization with the immunoglobulins, in the hospital at birth.
- The second dose of HepB is given either at four or at six months of age (as part of the hexavalent vaccine). The pentavalent vaccine is administered either at four or at six months of age instead of the hexavalent.
- Catch-up at 6th grade for those not vaccinated in infancy (3-doses scheme). Catch-up expected to end after 2018
- Introduced in 2019
- Vaccination from 9 months in specific circumstances. In this case, the second dose should be given as early as possible in the second year of life. The 'Measles Protection Act’ was approved in Germany and became effective on March 1st, 2020. It mandates measles vaccination for all children at one year and older that attend a childcare facility.
- one dose of measles for those aged 18 years and older and born after 1970 with no vaccination or uncertain vaccination history or only one vaccination during childhood
- Vaccination from 9 months in specific circumstances. In this case, the second dose should be given as early as possible in the second year of life.
- Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination recommended in the 8th grade of school. 9-Valent. Catch-up campaign for boys and girls up to 25 years since 2019, depending on availability of HPV vaccine.
- Gender-neutral (boys and girls) vaccination offered since 2018. Two-dose schedule at 0 and 6 months (if the interval between doses is <6 months, a third dose is recommended). 2, 4 or 9-valent.
- Girls-only catch-up vaccination offered to girls aged 14-17 or 15-17 years depending on the vaccines used. Three-dose schedule.
- Recommended for risk-groups only