Vaccine Scheduler
Poland: 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13-15 | 16-18 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12-13 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 55 | ≥ 65 | ||||
| Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) | COVID-19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| tuberculosis | BCG3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| rotavirus infection | ROTA | |||||||||||||||||||
| diphtheria | D | D | D | D | D | d | d4 | |||||||||||||
| tetanus | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT4 | |||||||||||||
| pertussis | wcP5 | wcP5 | wcP5 | wcP5 | acP | acp | acp6 | |||||||||||||
| poliomyelitis | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | ||||||||||||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | Hib | Hib | Hib | Hib | ||||||||||||||||
| hepatitis B | HepB3 | HepB | HepB | |||||||||||||||||
| pneumococcal disease1 | PCV | PCV | PCV | PCV | ||||||||||||||||
| meningococcal disease | MenC | MenC | ||||||||||||||||||
| measles | MEAS | MEAS | MEAS7 | |||||||||||||||||
| mumps2 | MUMPS | MUMPS | MUMPS7 | |||||||||||||||||
| rubella | RUBE | RUBE | RUBE7 | |||||||||||||||||
| varicella | VAR | |||||||||||||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV (F/M)8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| influenza | IIV3 | IIV3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Footnotes:
- Pneumococcal vaccination introduced in the National Immunisation Programme http://www.dziennikustaw.gov.pl/du/2016/1815/1 https://szczepienia.pzh.gov.pl/szczepionki/pneumokoki/?strona=11#czy-mozna-wymiennie-stosowac-%C2%A010--walentna-i-13--walentna-szczepionke-przeciw-pneumokokom-%C2%A0
- More information available at https://szczepienia.pzh.gov.pl/szczepionki/meningokoki/?strona=7#szczepionki-przeciw-meningokokom-w-programie-szczepien-ochronnych
- Administration within 24 hours after birth
- Should not be given earlier than 5 years after the previous dose
- An acellular pertussis component (aP) combination vaccine should be used for children with contraindications to vaccination with the whole cell pertussis vaccine and in children born before 37th week of pregnancy or born with birth weight less than 2500 g
- One booster doses every 10 years is recommended.Vaccination offered to pregnant women between 27 and 36 weeks of pregnancy and ideally between 28 and 32 weeks of pregnancy. More information available at: Kalendarz szczepien 2023 Kobiet w ciazy (pzh.gov.pl) and https://szczepienia.pzh.gov.pl/kalendarz-szczepien-doroslych/
- Catch-up for children who did not receive MMR at 10 years of age. An additional dose should be given by 19 years of age
- Primary prevention utilizing HPV vaccination is recommended in the Polish Preventive Vaccination Plan for girls and boys before sexual initiation and according to the schedule recommended by manufacturers. Vaccines are available free of charge for teenage girls/children only in some preventive programs run by local authorities. - Resolution No. 10 of the Council of Ministers of February 4, 2020 on adopting the program Official Journal of the Minister of Health - 27 - Item 117 perennial Mon. National Oncological Strategy for 2020–2030
More information available at:
https://www.gov.pl/web/zdrowie/program-szczepien-ochronnych-pso- http://dziennikmz.mz.gov.pl/DUM_MZ/2021/85/akt.pdf https://szczepienia.pzh.gov.pl/kalendarz-szczepien-2021/
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MAJOR HISTORICAL CHANGES
Measles, mumps and rubella:
1975: Measles vaccine was introduced into the national childhood vaccination schedule for children aged 13-15 months.
1989: Rubella vaccine (single dose) was introduced into the national childhood vaccination schedule for 13-year old girls.
1991: Second dose of measles vaccine was introduced into the national childhood vaccination schedule for children aged 7 years.
2003: Monovalent measles vaccine given at the age of 13-15 months was replaced by MMR
2005: Second dose of MMR was introduced into the national childhood vaccination schedule for children aged 10 years. An additional catch-up dose of MMR was provided during 2005-2008 at the age of 12 years for all girls not previously vaccinated at the age of 10 years.
2017: Pneumococcal vaccination introduced in the National Immunisation Programme
2020: Introduction of HPV Vaccine in girls and boys as part of the National Oncological Strategy
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Date of last update: 15 April 2024
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