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Summary chart

 Abbreviations
The Dutch Childhood Vaccination Schedule
DTaP IPV Hib MMR dT HepB PCV7 MenC
At birth       Yes4  
2 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes5 Yes  
3 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes5 Yes  
4 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes5 Yes  
11 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes5 Yes  
14 months Yes   Yes
4 years Yes2 Yes2  
9 years Yes3 Yes Yes3  
The Dutch Childhood Vaccination Schedule as on 16 December 2006
1 DTaP, IPV and Hib are given in a combined vaccine.
2 DTaP and IPV are given in a combined vaccine.
3 IPV and dT are given in a combined vaccine.
4 Only for children born to HBsAg positive mothers.
5 Only children of whom at least one parent was born in a country where hepatitis B is moderately or highly endemic and children of HBsAg positive mothers.
Historic changes
2002 (September): MenC was introduced, with a catch-up campaign for all 14 months-18 years.
2003 (March): Hib was added to DTwP and IPV in a combined vaccine at 2, 3, 4 and 11 months.
2003 (March): HepB was introduced for children of parents from a hepatitis B endemic area.
2005 (January): Acellular pertussis replaced whole-cell pertussis at 2, 3, 4 and 11 months.
2006 (January): A birth dose of Hep B was introduced for children born to HBsAg positive mothers.
2006 (June): Pneumococcal vaccination introduced at 2,3,4 and 11 months .

Planned changes
The Netherlands plans to introduce the HPV vaccine for 12 year-old girls in September 2009, including a catch-up vaccination programme, starting in the first half of 2009, for girls between the ages of 13 and 16.

This summary chart is adapted from the national Vaccination schedule for the Netherlands, recommended by the Dutch Health Council. More information on the childhood vaccination schedule in the Netherlands may be accessed through the Ministry of Health website (in Dutch) and the RIVM website (in Dutch).