Vaccine Scheduler

Poliomyelitis: 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

	Weeks	Months															Years
	6	2	3	4	5	6	8	10	11	12	13	15	16	18	19	20	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	25	45	≥ 65
Austria	IPV¹		IPV²					IPV³												IPV⁴				IPV⁵

Belgium		IPV	IPV	IPV								IPV								IPV												IPV⁶

Bulgaria		IPV⁷	IPV	IPV									IPV⁸								IPV

Croatia		IPV		IPV		IPV						IPV									IPV⁹

Cyprus		IPV		IPV		IPV								IPV					IPV

Czechia		IPV¹⁰		IPV					IPV															IPV

Denmark			IPV		IPV					IPV										IPV

Estonia			IPV	IPV		IPV											IPV				IPV

Finland			IPV		IPV					IPV									IPV

France		IPV		IPV					IPV												IPV				IPV								IPV¹¹	IPV	IPV¹²

Germany		IPV	IPV¹³	IPV					IPV	IPV													IPV								IPV¹⁴

Greece		IPV		IPV		IPV									IPV				IPV			IPV										IPV¹⁵

Hungary		IPV	IPV	IPV										IPV							IPV

Iceland			IPV		IPV					IPV																		IPV¹⁶

Ireland		IPV		IPV		IPV					IPV								IPV

Italy		IPV		IPV				IPV												IPV						IPV

Latvia		IPV		IPV		IPV				IPV												IPV¹⁷

Liechtenstein		IPV		IPV						IPV									IPV¹⁸

Lithuania		IPV		IPV		IPV								IPV							IPV

Luxembourg		IPV	IPV¹⁹	IPV					IPV											IPV									IPV²⁰

Malta		IPV	IPV	IPV										IPV														IPV

Netherlands		IPV²¹	IPV		IPV					IPV																		IPV²²

Norway			IPV		IPV					IPV												IPV							IPV				IPV²³

Poland		IPV	IPV		IPV								IPV								IPV

Portugal		IPV		IPV		IPV								IPV						IPV

Romania		IPV		IPV					IPV												IPV

Slovakia		IPV		IPV				IPV												IPV						IPV

Slovenia			IPV		IPV				IPV

Spain		IPV		IPV					IPV												IPV

Sweden			IPV		IPV					IPV										IPV

Footnotes:

Primary immunisation with a hexavalent vaccine as soon as possible after the age of 6 weeks (in any case by 3 months of age)
Second dose of a hexavalent vaccine should be given 2 months after the first dose
The third dose of the hexavalent vaccine should be given 6 months after the second dose, at the age of 10–12 months
The first booster dose with a tetravalent dTaP-IPV vaccine recommended at the age of 5 years
The second booster of the tetravalent dTaP-IPV vaccine is recommended 5 years after the first booster, or latest between 13/14 years of age
A supplementary polio revaccination (to be paid out of pocket) is mandatory (or strongly recommended according to the countries) for travellers (of all ages) staying longer than 4 weeks in countries infected by wild poliovirus or circulating vaccine derived poliovirus (cVDPV) with potential risk of international spread. These recommendations follow the statement of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus, and they are regularly adjusted to this statement. The revaccination consists of 1 dose of the vaccine administered between 4 weeks and 12 months before the traveler leaves the concerned countries. For detailed information: see: https://www.health.belgium.be/sites/default/files/uploads/fields/fpshealth_theme_file/css_9208b_polio_adultes.pdf and Institute of Tropical Medicine: Travel Medicine - Tropical and Import Pathology: http://www.itg.be/E/Article/additional-polio-vaccination
Routine vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type B infections, and viral hepatitis type B vaccination begins at 6 weeks of age. Second and third doses are given at week 10 and week 14. For children born to mothers vaccinated during pregnancy against pertussis, mandatory immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type B infections, and viral hepatitis type B is carried out from two months of age. Subsequent immunizations are administered no earlier than 4 weeks after the previous dose, at three and four months of age, respectively. For children born to mothers vaccinated during pregnancy against pertussis, mandatory immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type B infections, and viral hepatitis type B is carried out from two months of age. Subsequent immunizations are administered no earlier than 4 weeks after the previous dose, at three and four months of age, respectively.
Not earlier than 12 months after the 3rd dose
Booster for children in 1st grade with DTaP-IPV or dTap-IPV
The first dose of hexavalent vaccine is given from the end of the 2nd month of life, at intervals of two months between the first and the second dose, and the third dose given between the eleventh and thirteenth months of the child's age
dTacp-IPV or dTT-IPV if last dTacp-IPV received in the previous 5 years
dTT-IPV every 10 years from 65 years of age
Optional dose if monovalent and other combination vaccines are used
Catch-up for those unvaccinated
Booster dose 18- 25 y with Tdap or Tdap-IPV, followed by Td or Tdap every 10 y.
Repeat every 10 years for individuals at risk. Not funded.
Six-year-old children may be vaccinated with vaccinations for 7-year-old children, if the child is beginning to study in an educational institution.
Additional polio boosters are needed for people at increased risk. This concerns travelers to countries infected with poliovirus or with risk of exposure to poliovirus and people working with poliovirus. Boosters are usually given 10 years after the previous dose.
For premature infants (born before 33 weeks) or with a birthweight <1500g, a 3+1 schedule is recommended
Subsequent Tdacp-IPV booster every 10 years
This additional vaccination is recommended only for infants at 2 months of age whose mothers were not vaccinated during pregnancy, and in specific circumstances. In all other cases, infants born to mothers vaccinated during pregnancy (at 22 weeks gestation) receive a two-dose primary series at 3 and 5 months of age.
starting cohort 2016
Revaccination every 10 years