Liechtenstein: 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
BirthMonthsYears
24912245-78-101114151618
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
COVID-192
tuberculosis
BCG3
diphtheria
D
D
D
D4
d
d
tetanus
TT
TT
TT
TT4
TT
TT
pertussis
acP
acP
acP
acP4
acp
acp
poliomyelitis
IPV
IPV
IPV
IPV5
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection
Hib
Hib
Hib
hepatitis B
HepB6
HepB
HepB
HepB
HepB7
pneumococcal disease
PCV13
PCV13
PCV13
meningococcal disease
MCV48
MCV49
measles
MEAS10
MEAS10
MEAS11
mumps
MUMPS10
MUMPS10
MUMPS11
rubella
RUBE10
RUBE10
RUBE11
varicella1
VAR
VAR
VAR12
human papillomavirus infection
HPV (F/M)13
HPV (F/M)14

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Footnotes:

  1. Recommended for all <40 years if they have not had the disease, especially young women planning to have children. In addition for persons with increased risk of complications due to immune deficiency.
  2. https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/information-fuer-die-aerzteschaft/covid-19-impfung.html
  3. for newborns and infants under 12 months, if their parents are from countries with high TB prevalence
  4. A lower dose of diphtheria toxoid (d) and whooping cough (ap) can also be used (dTap) The pertussis booster provided between the ages of 4 and 7 years should be administered no later than school entry.
  5. Additional polio boosters are needed for people at increased risk. This concerns travelers to countries infected with poliovirus or with risk of exposure to poliovirus and people working with poliovirus. Boosters are usually given 10 years after the previous dose.
  6. Babies born of HBsAg positive mothers: 1st dose of monovalent vaccine and HB immunoglobulins administered at birth. Monovalent vaccine to be used also for the 2nd dose at 1 month of age, hexavalent combination vaccine can be used for the 3rd and 4th doses at 2 and 12 months of age
  7. For individuals who have not been vaccinated previously. Can be given at the same time as vaccination against HPV.
  8. Not part of the routine vaccination programme but can be offered by health professionals. Catch-up possible until 5 years of age.
  9. Not part of the routine vaccination programme but can be offered by health professionals. Catch-up possible until 20 years of age.
  10. Depending on the risk evaluation of the risk of measles, administration of the second dose of MMR is possible between 12 and 15 months of age. In case of an outbreak, or contact with a measles case, or travel to endemic area, vaccination is recommended starting at six months of age. If the first dose of MMR is given between six and eight months of age, three doses of MMR are necessary to complete the immunisation cycle.
  11. Catch up on vaccination (1 or 2 doses at least one month apart, depending on the number of doses received previously): in particular children, adolescents and adults born after 1963; women of childbearing age or women who have recently given birth. Do not administer this vaccination in case of known pregnancy or immunosuppression
  12. Catch-up (2 doses at least 4 weeks apart) in young adults (<40 years of age) with no history of past infection.
  13. Gender-neutral (boys and girls) 9-valent vaccination offered. Two-dose schedule.
  14. Gender neutral vaccination catch up.


More information available at:
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home/gesund-leben/gesundheitsfoerderung-und-praevention/impfungen-prophylaxe/schweizerischer-impfplan.html


Date of last update: 14 April 2023