Infant and Childhood Immunisation Programme in 2010
Each vaccination is given as a single injection into the muscle of the thigh or upper arm.
|
When to immunise |
Immunisation against |
Vaccine |
|
Two months old |
Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (whooping cough) Polio Hib Meningitis C Pneumococcal infection BCG (may require Mantoux Test if given after 6 years old) Rotavirus |
Single Dip/Tet Dip/Tet/Pert Single Hib/Men C Single Single Single Oral |
|
Four months old |
Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (whooping cough) Polio Hib Meningitis C Pneumococcal infection Rotavirus |
Single Dip/Tet Dip/Tet/Pert Single Hib/Men C Single Single Oral |
|
Six months old |
Tetanus Diphtheria Pertussis (whooping cough) Polio Hib Meningitis C Pneumococcal infection |
Single Dip/Tet Dip/Tet/Pert Single Hib/Men C Single Single |
|
Around 13 months |
Measles Rubella Mumps (around 24 months) Pneumococcal infection Chickenpox Hib/Men C |
Single Single Single Single Single Hib/Men C |
|
Around 2 years old |
Pneumococcal Infection if not already had with NHS |
Single |
|
Three years and |
Measles Rubella Mumps (booster before puberty) Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Polio |
Single Single Single Dip/Tet Single Dip/Tet/Pert Single |
|
Girls aged 12 to |
Cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus |
Single |
|
13 to 18 |
Diphtheria Tetanus Polio |
Dip/Tet Single Single |