Vaccine Scheduler
Italy: Recommended vaccinations
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 18 | |||||
| rotavirus infection | ROTA1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| diphtheria | D | D | D | D | d | ||||||||||||||||
| tetanus | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | ||||||||||||||||
| pertussis | acP | acP | acP | acP | acp | ||||||||||||||||
| poliomyelitis | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | ||||||||||||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | Hib | Hib | Hib | ||||||||||||||||||
| hepatitis B | HepB2 | HepB | HepB | HepB | |||||||||||||||||
| pneumococcal disease | PCV13 | PCV13 | PCV13 | PCV13+PPSV23 | |||||||||||||||||
| meningococcal disease | MenB3 | MenB3 | MCV4 | MenB3 | MenB3 | MCV44 | |||||||||||||||
| measles | MEAS | MEAS | |||||||||||||||||||
| mumps | MUMPS | MUMPS | |||||||||||||||||||
| rubella | RUBE | RUBE | |||||||||||||||||||
| varicella | VAR | VAR | |||||||||||||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV9 (F/M)5 | HPV9 (F/M)6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| influenza | LAIV/IIV3/cIIV37 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| hepatitis A | HepA8 | HepA9 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Footnotes:
- Two or three doses depending on the vaccine used (3rd dose only for pentavalent rotavirus vaccines)
- Babies born to a mother infected with hepatitis B will be offered a first vaccine dose within 12-24 hours after birth and simultaneously with HB immunoglobulin. The following and second vaccine dose is given 4 weeks apart from the first. Starting from the third dose, which is given from 61 days of life onwards, the vaccination calendar schedule including the combined hexavalent vaccine should be used.
- Please refer to local recommendations for age of administration. MenB should not to be co-administered with other vaccinations.
- Meningococcal ACWY, one dose for adolescents age 12-18
- For more information: https://www.salute.gov.it/new/it/tema/vaccinazioni/adolescenti-11-18-anni/
- For men at least up to and including 18 years of age, if they have not previously been vaccinated or have not completed the vaccination cycle. For women up to and including 26 years of age. https://www.salute.gov.it/new/it/tema/vaccinazioni/adolescenti-11-18-anni/
- Vaccination is offered free of charge to all children from six months to six years old. From six months onwards, vaccination is offered free of charge to all people with chronic medical conditions
- Recommended in highly endemic areas
- Recommended in highly endemic areas
More information available at:
https://www.salute.gov.it/portale/vaccinazioni/dettaglioContenutiVaccinazioni.jsp?lingua=italiano&id=4829&area=vaccinazioni&menu=vuoto http://www.trovanorme.salute.gov.it/norme/renderNormsanPdf?anno=2017&codLeg=60282&parte=1%20&serie=null
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MAJOR HISTORICAL CHANGES
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2017 Aug 19: NEW LAW ON MANDATORY VACCINATION FOR THOSE UP TO 16 YEARS OF AGE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MANDATORY ANTIGENS AND DETAILED PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION ACCORDING TO BIRTH COHORT PLEASE REFER TO http://www.trovanorme.salute.gov.it/norme/renderNormsanPdf?anno=2017&codLeg=60282&parte=1%20&serie=null
Mandatory vaccines:
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, haemophilus influenzae and hepatitis B: mandatory at 3 months, 5 months, 11 months and 6 years in individuals born from 2001. Second booster dose of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and poliomyelitis mandatory at 12-18 years for individuals born from 2001.
- Varicella: mandatory in the second year of life and at 6 years in individuals born from 2017.
- Measles, mumps and rubella: mandatory in the second year of life and at 6 years in individuals born from 2001.
2017: Publication of the National Vaccination Plan 2017-2019
http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pubblicazioni_2571_allegato.pdf
2005: Introduction of Pn7v, MenC and Var (dose given at 1-2 years) into national childhood vaccination schedule for selected groups only.
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Measles, mumps and rubella:
1972: Rubella vaccine recommended for girls aged 11-12 years.
1976: Measles vaccines became available in Italy.
1979: Measles vaccine recommended in children 15 months of age
1990: Combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine introduced into the national vaccination schedule. Vaccination recommended at the age of 15 months.
1999: Recommended age for first dose of MMR lowered to 12-15 months. Second dose of MMR introduced at 5-6 or 11-12 years.
2003: National Plan for the Elimination of measles and congenital rubella implemented.
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Poliomyelitis
2005: Polio immunization schedule has been changed in July 2005 (Ministerial Decree 15 July 2005) with shift of the fourth dose of IPV from age 3 years to 5-6 years.
2002: Polio immunization schedule has been changed in August 2002 (Ministerial Decree 18 June 2002) with elimination of OPV and use of IPV for all the doses of the vaccination cycle.
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Hepatitis B
1991: HBV mandatory vaccination among newborns and adolescents.
2003: adolescents’ catch-up vaccination ended with the completion of the last birth cohorts(born in 1991 and not vaccinated during the first year of age)
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Date of last update: 15 February 2024
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