Vaccine Scheduler
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 |
| Birth | Months | Years | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4-7 | 8-10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 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 or PCV15 | PCV13 or PCV15 | PCV13 or PCV15 | PCV15 or PCV20 | ||||||||||||
| meningococcal disease | MCV48 | MCV49 | ||||||||||||||
| measles | MEAS10 | MEAS10 | MEAS11 | |||||||||||||
| mumps | MUMPS10 | MUMPS10 | MUMPS11 | |||||||||||||
| rubella | RUBE10 | RUBE10 | RUBE11 | |||||||||||||
| varicella1 | VAR | VAR | VAR12 | |||||||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV9 (F/M)13 | HPV9 (F/M)14 | ||||||||||||||
| influenza | IIV415 | |||||||||||||||
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Footnotes:
- 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.
- Vaccination is strongly recommended to prevent severe courses of the disease for people over 65 years of age and particularly vulnerable people with chronic illnesses as well as pregnant women.n More information: https://www.llv.li/de/privatpersonen/gesundheit-vorsorge-und-pflege/krankheiten-und-risiken/coronavirus/covid-19-impfungen
- for newborns and infants under 12 months, if their parents are from countries with high TB prevalence
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- For individuals who have not been vaccinated previously. Can be given at the same time as vaccination against HPV.
- Not part of the routine vaccination programme but can be offered by health professionals. Catch-up possible until 5 years of age.
- Not part of the routine vaccination programme but can be offered by health professionals. Catch-up possible until 20 years of age.
- 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.
- 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
- Catch-up (2 doses at least 4 weeks apart) in young adults (<40 years of age) with no history of past infection.
- Gender-neutral (boys and girls) 9-valent vaccination offered. Two-dose schedule.
- Gender neutral vaccination catch up. 3 doses with 9-valent.
- For 6 months to 8 years, vaccination is not recommended for healthy children but is recommended for premature babies (born before gestational week 33 (e.g. <32 weeks and seven days of pregnancy) or with a birth weight of less than 1 500g) from the age of six months and for the first two winters after birth. For 6 months to 18 years, vaccination is recommended for children and adolescents with chronic medical conditions.
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