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
	Birth	2	3	5	6	12	18	3	4	6	10-12	13	14-15	18	25	45	64	65	≥ 66
tuberculosis	BCG³

rotavirus infection		ROTA	ROTA	ROTA

diphtheria			D	D		D			D				d		d⁴	d		d⁵
tetanus			TT	TT		TT			TT				TT		TT⁴	TT		TT⁶
pertussis			acP	acP		acP			acP				acp		acp
poliomyelitis			IPV	IPV		IPV			IPV
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection			Hib	Hib		Hib
hepatitis B	HepB⁷

pneumococcal disease¹			PCV10	PCV10		PCV10								PCV20⁸

measles						MEAS⁹				MEAS
mumps						MUMPS⁹				MUMPS
rubella						RUBE⁹				RUBE

varicella²							VAR¹⁰			VAR¹⁰

human papillomavirus infection											HPV2 (F/M)¹¹	HPV2 (F/M)¹²

influenza					IIV/LAIV¹³													IIV4

tick-borne encephalitis								TBE¹⁴

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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)
Thereafter Td booster every 10 years with or without vaccination against poliomyelitis (IPV) in case of travel to endemic areas and when previous IPV dose was given more than 5 years before
Then every 10 years.
Then every 10 years.
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
2 doses under 15 years old and 3 doses from 15 years 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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