Vaccine Scheduler
Slovenia: 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 5-6 | 8 | 11-12 | 13 | 15-17 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 64 | ≥ 65 | ||||
| RSV | RSV1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) | COVID-192 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| tuberculosis | BCG3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| diphtheria | D | D | D | d | d4 | d5 | |||||||||||||||
| tetanus | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT5 | |||||||||||||||
| pertussis | acP | acP | acP | acP | acp6 | acp7 | |||||||||||||||
| poliomyelitis | IPV | IPV | IPV | ||||||||||||||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | Hib | Hib | Hib | ||||||||||||||||||
| hepatitis B | HepB8 | HepB9 | HepB9 | HepB9 | |||||||||||||||||
| pneumococcal disease | PCV20 | PCV20 | PCV20 | PCV20 | PCV20 | PCV20 | |||||||||||||||
| measles | MEAS | MEAS | |||||||||||||||||||
| mumps | MUMPS | MUMPS | |||||||||||||||||||
| rubella | RUBE | RUBE | |||||||||||||||||||
| varicella | VAR10 | VAR11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV9 (F/M) | HPV9 (F/M) | |||||||||||||||||||
| influenza | IIV412 | IIV4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| tick-borne encephalitis | TBE13 | TBE14 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Footnotes:
- The vaccine is offered to pregnant women between gestational weeks 24 and 36. It is administered as a single-dose program all year round.
- Specific recommendation from 6 months of age with high-risk conditions. For more information: https://nijz.si/nalezljive-bolezni/cepljenje/navodila-in-priporocila-za-cepljenje/
- Newborn infants of immigrant families who moved to Slovenia from countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis in the last 5 years
- From 2023 onward, TT was replaced by dTacp
- Td booster every 10 years
- From 2023 onwards, TT was replaced by dTacp
- Pregnant women: 1 dose Tdap vaccine recommended from the 24th week of pregnancy. see https://nijz.si/nalezljive-bolezni/cepljenje/cepljenje-nosecnic/
- Babies born to a mother infected with hepatitis B: first dose within 12 hours from birth, then at one month of age, three months of age, five months of age and 11-18 months of age
- Introduced in 2020 for babies born from October 2019 as 6-valent vaccine.
- MMRV vaccine is used https://nijz.si/nalezljive-bolezni/cepljenje/navodila-in-priporocila-za-cepljenje/
- Using MMRV vaccine. Second dose will be administered at 3 years of age (from 2027 onwards) starting with birth cohort that received a first dose of MMRV vaccine in 2025.
- Vaccination is also recommended for the specific risk groups (children aged 6–23 months, pregnant women, those with chronic medical conditions, older adults aged 65 years and above).
- Children from 1 year of age: three doses. Additional doses self-paid
- Three doses are funded for individuals aged 45 years during 2026 (and in persons who have not yet been vaccinated according to the immunization program such as persons who turned 49 years of age in 2019 or later). Additional doses self-paid.
More information available at:
https://www.nijz.si/sl/koledar-cepljenja-predsolskih-in-solskih-otrok-v-sloveniji https://nijz.si/nalezljive-bolezni/cepljenje/program-cepljenja-in-zascite-z-zdravili/
In addition to the above recommendations, tick-borne encephalitis vaccine is recommended for people in every age in the risk areas - the vaccine is self-paid; 3 doses + booster every 5 years.
MAJOR HISTORICAL CHANGES
Tuberculosis
1946-2005: BCG obligatory vaccination of newborns
2006: Selective vaccination only
Measles, mumps and rubella:
1968: Measles vaccine introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule for children aged 8 months, later age of measles vaccination changed to 12 months (single dose)
1973: Rubella vaccination introduced for women in child-bearing age
1975: Rubella vaccination introduced for all 12-14 years old girls
1979: Second dose of measles vaccine together with mumps vaccine (combined vaccine) introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule, 12 months for first dose and 6 years for second dose
1990: Combined vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) introduced into national childhood vaccination in schedule 12-18 months (first dose) and 5-6 years (second dose)
Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis:
1937: Diphtheria vaccine introduced in the national vaccination schedule
1951: Tetanus vaccine introduced in the national vaccination schedule
1959: Pertussis whole cell vaccine introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule (3 doses) in the first year of life - combined vaccine together with diphtheria and tetanus vaccine
1961: First booster dose of combined vaccine (second year of life) added to the national childhood vaccination schedule
1969: Second booster dose of combined vaccine (fourth year of life) added to the national childhood vaccination schedule, but some years later abandoned
1999: Acellular pertussis vaccine replaced whole cell vaccine
2009: Acellular pertussis booster introduced for children 8 years old (combined vaccine dTap)
Poliomyelitis:
1957: Polio vaccine introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule
1961: Live oral Sabin polio vaccine (OPV) replaced Salk polio vaccine
2003: Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) only
Haemophilus influenzae type b:
2000: Hib vaccine introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule
Hepatitis B:
1998: HepB introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule for children 5-6 years old
HPV:
2009/10: HPV introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule for girls 11-12 years old
2014: HPV 2-dose schedule introduced
2025
Introduction of the varicella vaccine using the MMRV vaccine.
Date of last update: 2 February 2026.