Vaccine Scheduler
Malta: 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 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 3-4 | 5 | 12 | 14-16 | 54 | ≥ 55 | ||||
| Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) | COVID-192 | |||||||||||||||
| tuberculosis | BCG3 | |||||||||||||||
| diphtheria | D | D | D | D | d | |||||||||||
| tetanus | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | |||||||||||
| pertussis | acP | acP | acP | acp | ||||||||||||
| poliomyelitis | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | |||||||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | Hib | Hib | Hib | Hib | ||||||||||||
| hepatitis B | HepB | HepB | HepB | HepB | ||||||||||||
| pneumococcal disease | PCV | PCV | PCV | |||||||||||||
| meningococcal disease1 | MenB | MCV4 | MenB | MenB | MCV4 | MCV4 | ||||||||||
| measles | MEAS | MEAS | ||||||||||||||
| mumps | MUMPS | MUMPS | ||||||||||||||
| rubella | RUBE | RUBE | ||||||||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV9 (F/M)4 | |||||||||||||||
| influenza | IIV35 | IIV3 | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes:
- more information on meningococcal vaccination programme available at https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/phc/pchyhi/Pages/Vaccines.aspx
- https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/health-promotion/covid-19/Pages/vaccines.aspx
- Free of charge only for children in defined at-risk groups.
- 9-valent. Two dose schedule at 0 and 6 months.
- more information available at https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/phc/pchyhi/Pages/Vaccines.aspx . Vaccination recommended to persons suffering from diabetes; persons with chronic disease of the lungs, liver, kidneys; persons who are on long-term systemic steroid medication; persons who are having chemotherapy or radiotherapy; persons with HIV/AIDS.
More information available at:
https://healthservices.gov.mt/en/phc/pchyhi/Pages/Vaccines.aspx https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/phc/pchyhi/Pages/Vaccines.aspx
MAJOR HISTORICAL CHANGES
Measles, mumps and rubella:
1982: Measles vaccine first available in Malta.
1990: Introduction of MMR vaccine into national childhood vaccination programme recommended at 15 months of age.
1991: MMR vaccination offered to children aged 11-12 years in all schools.
2005: Age for second dose of MMR reduced to 8-9 years.
2010: Age for second dose of MMR reduced to 3-4 years.
2020: addition of Pneumo (PCV10) and Meningo (MCV4 and MenB) amtigens
Other vaccines:
2008: Separate vaccines for DTwP and Hib given in separate sites changed to the combined DTwP-Hib vaccine in the public sector.
2010 (September): The combined DTaP-IPV-Hib was introduced into the national childhood vaccination programme. This replaced the previous vaccine preparations containing whole-cell pertussis and the live oral polio vaccine.
Vaccines recommended for at-risk groups:
Healthcare workers: influenza, hepatitis B, MMR, varicella
Babies/children: pneumococcal disease, meningococcus C, rotavirus, influenza
Date of last update: 02 February 2024