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Summary chart

 Abbreviations
The Danish Childhood Vaccination Schedule
DTaP1 Hib1 IPV1 PCV72 MMR3 dTaP
3 months Yes Yes Yes Yes
5 months Yes Yes Yes Yes
12 months Yes Yes Yes Yes
15 months   Yes
4 years   Yes  
5 years Yes4     Yes4
12 years         Yes5  
The Danish Childhood Vaccination Schedule as on 1 April 2008
1 DTaP and IPV are given with Hib in one injection.
2 During the introduction period, PCV7 will be offered to children born after 30 April 2006 who, by October 2007 would be 4-17 month of age.
3 MMR vaccination as a pre-travel vaccine: MMR vaccination can be performed down to the age of 9 months in cases of children visiting measles-endemic countries and areas where measles outbreaks are known to occur. The two dose vaccination schedule at 15 months and 4 years should however, be repeated in cases of children under 12 months of age. Those aged between 12 months and 15 months need only a second MMR dose at 4 years.
4 dTaP and IPV are given in one injection.
5 For those born between 1st April 1996 and 1st April 2004 the second MMR dose is recommended at 12 years of age in a catch-up programme that will last until 2016.
Additional comments
A vaccine against rubella is also recommended to previously unvaccinated females of childbearing age from 18 years onwards.

Historic changes
1987: Two doses of MMR vaccination at 15 months and 12 years of age were introduced in the national childhood vaccination programme to children younger than 13 years of age1
1989: The two dose MMR vaccination schedule was extended to all those under 18 years2
2007: Introduction of PCV7 into national childhood vaccination programme as from 1st October 2007.
2008: From 1st April 2008 the second MMR dose is recommended to all children aged 4 years.3 This replaced vaccination with the second MMR dose at 12 years of age. However, the second MMR dose will still be recommended to children aged 12 years in a catch-up programme that will last until 2016.

References
1 Danish Indenrigsministeriet, j.nr. 4.s.k.t. 5320-24/1986. 11 February 1986
2 Danish Sundhedsministeriet, j.nr. 5.k.t. 630-5/1989. 15 December 1989
3 MMR 2 vaccination advanced to 4 years. S. Glismann, A. H. Christiansen. EPI-NEWS 2008; 9. Also accessible on-line at Statens Serum Institut website: in English and in Danish.

Planned changes
HPV: As from 1 October 2008 an HPV catch-up programme will commence comprising free vaccination of girls born in 1993, 1994 and 1995. The offer will be available until the end of 2010. On 1 January 2009, the normal vaccination programme for 12-year-old girls starts and as from this date, the vaccination will also be free of charge for girls born in 1996 or later.

This summary chart is adapted from the national vaccination schedule for Denmark, recommended by the Danish National Board of Health. More information on the childhood vaccination schedule in Denmark may be accessed through the Statens Serum Institut website: in English and in Danish.