Spain: 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
BirthWeeksMonthsYears
62461112153-4561213141518
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)1
COVID-192
rotavirus infection
ROTA3
diphtheria
D
D
D
D
d
d4
tetanus
TT
TT
TT
TT
TT
TT4
pertussis
acP5
acP5
acP5
acp6
acp7
poliomyelitis
IPV
IPV
IPV
IPV
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection
Hib
Hib
Hib
hepatitis B
HepB8
HepB
HepB
HepB
HepB9
pneumococcal disease
PCV10
PCV10
PCV10
PPSV23 / PCV+PPSV2311
meningococcal disease
MenB12
MenB - MenC12
MenB - MenC12
MCV413
MCV414
measles
MEAS
MEAS
MEAS15
mumps
MUMPS
MUMPS
MUMPS15
rubella
RUBE
RUBE
RUBE15
varicella
VAR
VAR
VAR16
human papillomavirus infection
HPV (F/M)17
HPV (F)18
influenza
IIV19
IIV20
herpes zoster
ZOS21

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Footnotes:

  1. 2023 recommendations https://www.sanidad.gob.es/areas/promocionPrevencion/vacunaciones/gripe_covid19/docs/RecomendacionesVacunacion_Gripe-Covid19.pdf
  2. COVID-19 vaccination in children under 5 years of age is recommended only for those with high risk conditions. https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/covid19/docs/Recomendaciones_vacunacion_Otono_Invierno_Covid.pdf
  3. Additional information can be found at: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/areas/promocionPrevencion/vacunaciones/comoTrabajamos/docs/Rotavirus_Recomendaciones2024.pdf
  4. Repeat for pregnant women starting from week 27 of the pregnancy (preferably at week 27 or 28)
  5. For more detail on review and recommendation for pertussis vaccination in Spain, please refer to https://www.sanidad.gob.es/areas/promocionPrevencion/vacunaciones/comoTrabajamos/difteria-tetanos-tosferina.htm
  6. For more detail on review and recommendation for pertussis vaccination in Spain, please refer to https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/comoTrabajamos/docs/TosFerina.pdf
  7. Repeat for pregnant women starting from week 27 of the pregnancy (preferably at week 27 or 28).
  8. Babies born to a mother infected with hepatitis B will be offered a first dose at birth, 2, 4 and 11 months of age and HB immunoglobulin at birth (first 24 hours of life)
  9. Recommended for previously unvaccinated individuals up to 18 years of age (three doses at 0, 1 and 6 months)
  10. For recommendations in children and adults with high risk conditions Please refer to https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/programasDeVacunacion/riesgo/home.htm
  11. For recommendations in children and adults with high risk conditions, refer to: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/areas/promocionPrevencion/vacunaciones/programasDeVacunacion/riesgo/home.htm
  12. Additional information available at https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/comoTrabajamos/enf-meningococica.htm
  13. One dose at 12 years to individuals who have not received any doses of MCV4 since 10 years of age. Additional information available at https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/comoTrabajamos/enf-meningococica.htm
  14. The catch-up vaccination programme for individuals aged 13 to 18 years will be introduced gradually (more information available at: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/programasDeVacunacion/adolescentes-meningo/home.htm
  15. Two doses at 4 or more weeks interval recommended in individuals born in Spain since 1970 with no documented history of vaccination
  16. 2 doses recommended at 4+ week-interval (preferably 8 weeks) to individuals with no documented history of disease and no documented prior vaccination (in the case of adults, vaccination is recommended if IgG serology for varicella is negative).
  17. Extension of HPV vaccination to boys aged 12, applicable since October 2022. Two-dose schedule (6 months intervals between doses).
  18. Previously unvaccinated girls. Three-dose schedule from 15 years of age.
  19. Additional information available at https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/programasDeVacunacion/docs/Recomendaciones_vacunacion_gripe_PoblacionInfantil.pdf
  20. Recommended for children and adults with high risk conditions. Additional information available: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/programasDeVacunacion/docs/Recomendaciones_vacunacion_gripe.pdf
  21. Recommended for adults with certain risk conditions. Two doses with a minimal interval of 2 months between doses. Vaccination with the inactivated herpes zoster subunit vaccine. Additional information available: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/areas/promocionPrevencion/vacunaciones/programasDeVacunacion/docs/HerpesZoster_RecomendacionesVacunacion.pdf


More information available at:
https://www.mscbs.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/home.htm https://www.mscbs.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/vacunas/profesionales/home.htm


Updated version including the new vaccination schedule dated December 2019


Updated version including the new vaccination schedule dated 1 jan. 2017 (modification of the primary infant and school-age immunisation schedule) applicable in all regions in Spain

For specific recommendations, please refer to:
https://www.mscbs.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/docs/CalendarioVacunacion_Todalavida.pdf

Date of last update: 24 April 2024.