Version:

02-04-2014 01-05-2018: MenC replaced by Men ACWY vaccination at 14 months 12-12-2019 04-11-2021: Updated recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccine 31-08-2022: Change to the HPV vaccination programme 01-01-2023: 2023 vaccination calendar 01-01-2024: 2024 vaccination calendar

Footnotes:

1. https://www.gezondheidsraad.nl/documenten/adviezen/2020/11/19/strategieen-voor-covid-19-vaccinatie
2. More information available at https://www.rivm.nl/en/pneumococci/information-for-policy-makers
3. https://www.rivm.nl/covid-19-vaccinatie
4. vaccines only given on specific indications. please refer to https://www.kncvtbc.org/uploaded/2019/06/Handboek-Tuberculose-Nederland-2019-def.pdf for specific indications
5. Recommended for pregnant women from 22 weeks gestation
6. Offered to infants born to a mother infected with hepatitis B
7. More information available at https://rijksvaccinatieprogramma.nl/vaccinaties/menacwy
8. Two dose schedule at 0 and 6 months. Gender neutral (boys and girls) vaccination.

More information available at:
https://rijksvaccinatieprogramma.nl/vaccinaties/vaccinatieschema



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More information on vaccination available from:

Ministry of Health http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/vaccinaties

RIVM http://www.rivm.nl/Onderwerpen/Onderwerpen/R/Rijksvaccinatieprogramma

The National Immunisation Programme in the Netherlands: https://rijksvaccinatieprogramma.nl/english
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MAJOR HISTORICAL CHANGES

2002 (September): MenC vaccination was introduced, with a catch-up campaign for all 14 months-18 years.

2003 (March): Hib was added to DTwP and IPV in a combined vaccine at 2, 3, 4 and 11 months.

2003 (March): HepB vaccination was introduced for children of parents from a hepatitis B endemic area.

2005 (January): Accellular pertussis replaced whole-cell pertussis at 2, 3, 4 and 11 months.

2006 (January): A birth dose of HepB was introduced for children born to mothers infected with hepatitis B.

2006 (June): Pneumococcal vaccination was introduced at 2, 3, 4 and 11 months.

2009 (September): HPV vaccination was introduced for girls only with three doses (0, +1 and +6 months), starting with birth cohort 1997 (additional catch-up campaign for birth cohorts 1993-1996)

2011 (May): Pneumococcal vaccination changed from 7-valent to 10-valent vaccine (for children born from 1-3-2011)

2011 (October): Transition to universal HepB vaccination (for children born from 1-8-2011), given in a combined vaccine with DTaP, IPV and Hib

2013 (November): Change to pneumococcal recommendation: 2+1 schedule instead of 3+1 schedule

2014 (January): Change to HPV recommendation. For girls under age 15, Cervarix can be adminsitered in a 2 dose schedule instead of 3 previously.
The 0-1-6-schedule in under 15's is replaced by two doses in a 0-6-schedule.
Further information for those that are currently completing HPV vaccination is available from www.prikkenteller.nl

2018: May 2018, MenC vaccination at 14 months of age has been replaced by MenACWY. From October 2018, 13-14 year olds (in the year they turn 14 years) have been vaccinated with MenACWY vaccination. A catch-up campaign was conducted in 2018-2019 targeting 14-18 year olds.

From 2021: HPV vaccination will be extended to boys

2022: HPV as a 2-dose schedule at 15 years of age (2 doses 6 months apart)

2024: introduction of Rota vaccination for those born from 1 Jan. 2024

2024: 11 months DTapIPV-Hib-HepB dose changed to 12 monts


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Date of last update: 25 Jan. 2024
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