Mumps: Recommended vaccinations
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  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
MonthsYears
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Austria
MUMPS1
MUMPS
Belgium
MUMPS
MUMPS2
Bulgaria
MUMPS
MUMPS
Croatia
MUMPS
MUMPS3
Cyprus
MUMPS
MUMPS
Czechia
MUMPS
MUMPS
Denmark
MUMPS4
MUMPS
Estonia
MUMPS
MUMPS
Finland
MUMPS5
MUMPS
France
MUMPS
MUMPS
MUMPS6
MUMPS7
Germany
MUMPS8
MUMPS
MUMPS
MUMPS
Greece
MUMPS
MUMPS
MUMPS
MUMPS
MUMPS9
Hungary
MUMPS
MUMPS10
Iceland
MUMPS
MUMPS
Ireland
MUMPS
MUMPS
Italy
MUMPS
MUMPS
Latvia
MUMPS
MUMPS11
MUMPS12
Liechtenstein
MUMPS13
MUMPS13
MUMPS14
Lithuania
MUMPS
MUMPS
Luxembourg
MUMPS
MUMPS
Malta
MUMPS
MUMPS
Netherlands
MUMPS
MUMPS
MUMPS15
Norway
MUMPS
MUMPS
Poland
MUMPS
MUMPS
Portugal
MUMPS
MUMPS
Romania
MUMPS
MUMPS
Slovakia
MUMPS
MUMPS
Slovenia
MUMPS
MUMPS
Spain
MUMPS
MUMPS
MUMPS16
Sweden
MUMPS
MUMPS17

Footnotes:

  1. If the first dose is given in the first year of life, the recommended interval between the doses is 3 months (minimal interval 4 weeks). If the first dose of MMR is given after the first birthday, the second dose is recommended as early as possible with a minimal interval of 4 weeks.
  2. Regarding implementation, MMR2 in the free routine vaccination program in Flanders has been moved to 24 months
  3. Given to grade 1 students
  4. MMR vaccination possible from 9 months of age prior to visiting measles-endemic countries and areas where measles outbreaks are known to occur. The recommended two-dose vaccination schedule at 15 months and 4 years still need to be completed if first vaccination before 12 months.
  5. Recommendation for the first dose to be given at 12 months of age
  6. 2 doses of MMR one month appart if no previous vaccination ; 1 dose if only one dose previously
  7. Two MMR doses in total among individuals born from 1980
  8. Vaccination from 9 months in specific circumstances. In this case, the second dose should be given as early as possible in the second year of life.
  9. For individuals born after 1970 (one or two doses depending on vaccination history and clinical history)
  10. School-based vaccination in 6th grade
  11. 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.
  12. If not previously vaccinated, 2 doses are required. Vaccination against varicella should be performed with no history of disease.
  13. Depending on the risk evaluation of the risk of measles, administration of the second dose of MMR is possible between 12 and 15 months of age. In case of an outbreak, or contact with a measles case, or travel to endemic area, vaccination is recommended starting at six months of age. If the first dose of MMR is given between six and eight months of age, three doses of MMR are necessary to complete the immunisation cycle.
  14. Catch up on vaccination (1 or 2 doses at least one month apart, depending on the number of doses received previously): in particular children, adolescents and adults born after 1963; women of childbearing age or women who have recently given birth. Do not administer this vaccination in case of known pregnancy or immunosuppression
  15. Following shift of MMR vaccine from 9 to 3 years old in 2025, a catch up campaign is in place for cohorts 2016 to 2021 between 2025-27
  16. Two doses at 4 or more weeks interval recommended in individuals born in Spain since 1978 with no documented history of vaccination. Additional information available at: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/areas/promocionPrevencion/vacunaciones/comoTrabajamos/docs/evaluacionImpacto_2EstudioSeroprevalenciaSarampion.pdf
  17. Given to students in first or second grade