Vaccine Scheduler
Finland: 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 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10-12 | 13 | 14-15 | 18 | ||||
| tuberculosis | BCG3 | |||||||||||||||
| rotavirus infection | ROTA | ROTA | ROTA | |||||||||||||
| diphtheria | D | D | D | D | d | |||||||||||
| tetanus | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | |||||||||||
| pertussis | acP | acP | acP | acP | acp | |||||||||||
| poliomyelitis | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | ||||||||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | Hib | Hib | Hib | |||||||||||||
| hepatitis B | HepB4 | |||||||||||||||
| pneumococcal disease1 | PCV10 | PCV10 | PCV10 | PCV205 | ||||||||||||
| measles | MEAS6 | MEAS | ||||||||||||||
| mumps | MUMPS6 | MUMPS | ||||||||||||||
| rubella | RUBE6 | RUBE | ||||||||||||||
| varicella2 | VAR7 | VAR7 | ||||||||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV (F/M)8 | HPV (F/M)9 | ||||||||||||||
| influenza | IIV/LAIV10 | |||||||||||||||
| tick-borne encephalitis | TBE11 | |||||||||||||||
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Footnotes:
- for more information on pneumococcal vaccination and target groups refer to https://thl.fi/fi/web/infektiotaudit-ja-rokotukset/rokotteet-a-o/pneumokokkirokotteet
- Varicella vaccination implemented from 1 September 2017. Catch-up to all those born on 1st January 2006 or after and with no history of varicella.
- For specific at risk-groups only (to be given at the earliest age)
- risk-groups only (to be given at the earliest age)
- for more information on pneumococcal vaccination and target groups refer to https://thl.fi/aiheet/infektiotaudit-ja-rokotukset/rokotteet-a-o/pneumokokkirokotteet/riskiryhmien-pneumokokkirokotukset
- Recommendation for the first dose to be given at 12 months of age
- Further information available at https://thl.fi/fi/web/infektiotaudit-ja-rokotukset/rokotteet-a-o/vesirokkorokote
- more information available at https://thl.fi/fi/web/infektiotaudit-ja-rokotukset/rokotteet-a-o/hpv-eli-papilloomavirusrokote
- 3 doses from 15 years old and older
- more information available at https://thl.fi/fi/web/infektiotaudit-ja-rokotukset/rokotteet-a-o/influenssarokote/kenelle-ilmainen-influenssarokote-/alle-7-vuotiaiden-lasten-influenssarokotukset
- TBE vaccination for to those living permanently on the island of Åland
More information available at:
https://thl.fi/aiheet/infektiotaudit-ja-rokotukset
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MAJOR HISTORICAL CHANGES
1960: Mumps vaccinations for military recruits.
1975: Measles vaccination for 1 year old children.
1975: Rubella vaccination for 11-13 years old girls and seronegative mothers.
1982: Two doses of MMR vaccination at 14-18 months and 6 years of age were introduced in the national childhood vaccination programme.
2009: Rotavirus vaccine introduced at 2, 3 and 5 months to all children (September 2009)
2010: PCV introduced at 3, 5 and 12 months of age to all children (September 2010).
2013: HPV vaccination introduced
2017: Varicella vaccination introduced (1 Sept. 2017) at 18 months, 6 years + catch-up of all born from 1 jan 2006 or after with no history of varicella
2020-21: In school years 2020–2021 and 2021–2022, the vaccine will also be offered to boys in grades 7 to 9 (catch-up vaccinations). The oldest vaccine recipients are those born in 2005.
see https://www.thl.fi/fi/web/rokottaminen/kansallinen-rokotusohjelma/rokotusohjelman-historia
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Date of last update: 15 Jan. 2024
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