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The Bulgarian Childhood Vaccination Schedule
DTP1 IPV HepB MMR DT BCG dT
At birth   Yes   Yes
1 month   Yes
2 months Yes Yes  
3 months Yes Yes  
4 months Yes Yes  
6 months   Yes
7 months   Yes2
13 months Yes  
14 months Yes  
2 years Yes  
7 years Yes     Yes Yes3
11 years   Yes3
12 years Yes   Yes
17 years   Yes3 Yes4
The Bulgarian Childhood Vaccination Schedule as on 23 Januray 2007
1 DTaP or DTwP.
2 Only for children without scar after first shot and Mantoux negative (using Purified Protein Derivative).
3 Only for those Mantoux negative (using Purified Protein Derivative).
4 dT vaccination recommended at 25 years of age and every 10 years thereafter.
Historic changes
Measles, mumps and rubella
1969: Measles vaccine introduced in Bulgaria
1969-1971: Catch-up campaigns, targeting all children 1 to 8 years of age without measles history.
1972: Measles immunization became universal in Bulgaria
1972-1982: Routine immunization with one dose measles vaccine at 10 or more months of age
1972: Monovalent Mumps vaccine introduced in Bulgaria
1972-1981: Routine one dose immunization with monovalent Mumps vaccine for all children 1 to 12 years of age

1976 and 1981: Follow-up measles immunization campaigns for 2-14 years and 2-6 years old children regardless of their vaccination status.

1982-1985: Mumps immunization temporarily interrupted
1983: Universal Measles immunization with two doses measles vaccine
1983-1992: Routine immunization with two doses measles vaccine
        1st dose at 12 months of age
        2nd dose at 24 months of age

1986-1992: Routine immunization with one dose monovalent Mumps vaccine for all children 1 to 12 years of age
1988: Monovalent Rubella vaccine introduced in Bulgaria
1988: Selective vaccination program offered for girls 16-18 years of age in a few districts
1989-1991: Routine vaccination of 15-13 yrs old girls with one dose monovalent Rubella vaccine
1992-2000: Routine vaccination of 12 year old girls with monovalent Rubella vaccine
1993: Combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine introduced in Bulgaria
1993: Introduction of MMR vaccine into national vaccination schedule for the first dose at 13 months of age to girls and boys
1993-2000: Routine immunization with two doses
        1st dose (MMR) at 13 months of age
        2nd dose (monovalent measles vaccine) at 12 years of age

2001-2002: Introduction of MMR vaccine into national vaccination schedule for the second dose at 12 years of age.
Since 2002: Routine two dose immunization with MMR vaccine
        1st dose MMR at 13 months of age
        2nd dose MMR at 12 years of age

This summary chart is the national immunisation schedule for Bulgaria based upon "Regulation No.2 for the types of immunisations in the Republic of Bulgaria and the deadlines for its performance", issued in 2000 by Bulgarian Ministry of Health.