Vaccine Scheduler
Portugal: 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 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)1 | COVID-191 | ||||||||||
| tuberculosis | BCG | ||||||||||
| diphtheria | D | D | D | D | D | d | |||||
| tetanus | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | |||||
| pertussis | acP | acP | acP | acP | acP | acp3 | |||||
| poliomyelitis | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | IPV | ||||||
| Haemophilus influenzae type b infection | Hib | Hib | Hib | Hib | |||||||
| hepatitis B | HepB | HepB | HepB | ||||||||
| pneumococcal disease2 | PCV134 | PCV13 | PCV13 | ||||||||
| meningococcal disease | MenB | MenB | MenB - MenC | ||||||||
| measles | MEAS | MEAS | |||||||||
| mumps | MUMPS | MUMPS | |||||||||
| rubella | RUBE | RUBE | |||||||||
| human papillomavirus infection | HPV (F/M)5 | ||||||||||
Version:
Footnotes:
- https://www.sns.gov.pt/vacinacao-gripe-e-covid-19-outono-inverno-2023/
- PCV 13 included at 2, 4 and 12 months old (for children born after 1 January 2015)
- Tdap vaccination recommended during pregnancy in all ages between 20 to 36 weeks of gestation
- https://www.dgs.pt/paginas-de-sistema/saude-de-a-a-z/programa-nacional-de-vacinacao/vacinas-do-pnv/infecoes-por-streptococcus-pneumoniae.aspx
- 9-valent. Two-dose schedule at 0 and 6 months. Applicable to boys born from 2009.
More information available at:
https://www.dgs.pt/paginas-de-sistema/saude-de-a-a-z/programa-nacional-de-vacinacao/programa-nacional-de-vacinacao.aspx https://www.dgs.pt/ficheiros-de-upload-2013/pnv-esquema-recomendado-pdf11.aspx https://www.dgs.pt/normas-orientacoes-e-informacoes/normas-e-circulares-normativas/norma-n-0182020-de-27092020-pdf.aspx
MAJOR HISTORICAL CHANGES
Jan.2017: laucnh of the 2017 national vaccination programme. see modifications at http://www.dgs.pt/?ci=923&ur=1&newsletter=374
BCG:
2017: recommended only to specific risk-groups. previously universal vaccination
Measles, mumps and rubella:
1973-77: Vaccination campaign with measles monovalent vaccine to 1-4 years old children.
1974: Measles monovalent vaccine introduced in the national childhood vaccination programme and recommended at 12 to 24 months of age.
1987: Combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) introduced in the national childhood vaccination programme and recommended at 15 months of age.
1990: Second MMR dose added and recommended at 11-13 years of age.
2000: Recommended age for second MMR lowered to 5-6 years of age.
2012: First dose lowered to 12 months of age
HPV:
2008: 27 October. HPV vaccination introduced in national vaccination schedule for 13-year-old girls.
2009: January. HPV vaccination catch-up campaign lasting till 2011, for 17-year old girls.
2012: routine vaccination at 13 years.
2014: HPV schedule changed to 2 doses at 10-13 years old (since oct 2014)
2017: HPV nonavalent introduced as a 2 doses schedule for females at age 10
2020: vaccination extended to boys born from 2009
Meningococcal disease
Men C:
2012: one dose at 12 months instead of a 3-dose schedule
Men B:
2020: introduced as a 3-dose schedule for children born from 2019
Pneumococcal Disease:
2015: PCV 13 included at 2, 4 and 12 months old (since jul 2015)
Td: Adult booster
2017: Vaccination at 25, 45 and 65 years of age and thereafter every 10 years
TdaP: Vaccination during pregnancy
2017: to be given at each pregnancy between gestation week 20 to 36.
Vaccination for specific at-risk groups:
Children
- Rotavirus vaccination is recommended for children with some chronic conditions
- Tetravalent Men vaccination is recommended for selected groups
- Hep A vaccination is recommended for selected groups.
Adults
- PCV and PPSV23 for adults (>=18 years old) with certain chronic conditions (https://www.dgs.pt/normas-orientacoes-e-informacoes/normas-e-circulares-normativas/norma-n-0112015-de-23062015-pdf.aspx)
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Date of last update: 22 Jan. 2024
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