Vaccine Scheduler

Hungary: 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
	Birth	2	3	4	6	12	15	18	3	6	11	12	13	18
tuberculosis	BCG

diphtheria		D	D	D				D		D	d²
tetanus		TT	TT	TT				TT		TT	TT²
pertussis		acP	acP	acP				acP		acP	acp²			acp³
poliomyelitis		IPV	IPV	IPV				IPV		IPV
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection		Hib	Hib	Hib				Hib
hepatitis B	HepB⁴											HepB⁵

pneumococcal disease		PCV15		PCV15		PCV15								PCV15+PPSV23 or PCV20

meningococcal disease		MenC		MenC			MenC⁶

measles							MEAS				MEAS⁷
mumps							MUMPS				MUMPS⁷
rubella							RUBE				RUBE⁷

varicella						VAR⁸	VAR⁸

human papillomavirus infection												HPV9 (F/M)⁹

influenza¹					IIV4¹⁰

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Footnotes:

Flu vaccination free of charge for vulnerable populations including people >60 and pregnant women
School-based vaccination in 6th grade (mandatory)
Vaccination offered to pregnant women between 16 and 32 weeks of pregnancy. More information available at: Vacsatc - Vaccine safety | Professional sites | Vaccination methodology letter 2023
Babies born to a mother infected with hepatitis B or unknown immune status will be offered a first vaccine dose within 12 hours after birth and simultaneously with HB immunoglobulin in case of HbsAg positive mother. Following vaccine doses are given 1 month later and the third dose, 6 months after first dose.
School-based vaccination in 7th grade (mandatory)
Since January 1st, 2017, the meningococcal C vaccine is offered to all children aged under 2 years with 100% reimbursement on a voluntary-based approach.
School-based vaccination in 6th grade
Children born after 31 July 2018 (mandatory)
School-based vaccination in 7th grade (for girls and boys) with 9-valent vaccine, on a voluntary-based approach, free of charge
Hungary’s recommendation is for children 6–35 months old with chronic pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal or hepatic disease, metabolic disorders or immunosuppression due to disease or treatment