Link to home

Childhood Vaccination Schedule
Link to The Austrian Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Belgian Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Bulgarian Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Cypriot Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Czech Republic Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Danish Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Estonian Childhood Vaccination Schedule
Link to The Finnish Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The French Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The German Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Greek Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Hungarian Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Icelandic Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Irish Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Italian Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Latvian Childhood Vaccination Schedule
Link to The Lithuanian Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Luxembourg Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Maltese Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Dutch Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Norwegian Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Polish Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Portuguese Childhood Vaccination Schedule
Link to The Romanian Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Slovak Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Slovenian Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Spanish Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Swedish Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Swiss Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The Turkish Childhood Vaccination Schedule Link to The United Kingdom Childhood Vaccination Schedule

Summary chart

 Abbreviations
The Croatian Childhood Vaccination Schedule
DTaP IPV Hib MMR HepB BCG dT
At birth Yes Yes  
2 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes  
4 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
6 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1   Yes  
12 months       Yes    
12-18 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1      
3 years Yes    
6 years Yes  
7 years Yes   Yes
12 years Yes2  
13 years Yes3
14 years Yes   Yes
18 years Yes
The Croatian Childhood Vaccination Schedule as on 1 May 2008
1 Administered as a pentavalent DTaP-IPV-Hib combination vaccine.
2 HepB vaccination for children aged 12 for those not receiving HepB vaccination in infancy (0-1-6 months schedule).
3 Only for those who test tuberculin negative (using Purified Protein Derivative).
Historic changes
Measles, mumps and rubella:
1968: Measles vaccine introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule.
1975: Rubella vaccine introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule.
1976: MMR introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule replacing the single antigen vaccines for first dose and introducing a mumps vaccination programme. In the same year, a rubella catch-up vaccination programme for 14-year old girls was also initiated.
1994: A second dose of MMR (MMR2) at 7 years of age replaced the single antigen vaccines for second dose. HepB vaccination introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule to infants of HBsAg positive mothers.
1997: MMR2 was recommended at 12 years of age.
1999: The recommendation for MMR2 was reverted to 7 years of age.

Other:
1948: Diphtheria and BCG vaccines introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule.
1955: Tetanus vaccine introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule.
1959: Pertussis vaccine introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule.
1999: Universal screening of pregnant women for HBsAg commenced and HepB vaccination introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule to all children aged 12 years.
2002: Hib vaccination introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule. First dose of polio vaccine switched from OPV to IPV and first dose of DTP vaccine switched from DTPw to DTPa.
2007: HepB vaccination introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule to all infants.
2008: April. Universal switch to an all DTaP and all IPV schedule from a schedule that also included DTwP and OPV.

This summary chart is adapted from the national immunisation schedule for Croatia, recommended by the Croatian National Institute of Public Health. More information on the childhood vaccination schedule in Croatia may be accessed through the Croatian National Institute of Public Health website (in Croatian).