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Summary chart

 Abbreviations
The Portuguese Childhood Vaccination Schedule
DTaP IPV Hib HepB MMR MenC HPV BCG dT
At birth Yes   Yes  
2 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes
3 months Yes  
4 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
5 months Yes  
6 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes
15 months Yes Yes  
18 months Yes2 Yes2
5-6 years Yes3 Yes3 Yes
10-13 years Yes4   Yes5
13 years   Yes6  
The Portuguese Childhood Vaccination Schedule as on 26 March 2009
1 DTaP, IPV and Hib are given in one injection.
2 DTaP and Hib are given in one injection.
3 DTaP and IPV are given in one injection.
4 Three doses of HepB vaccine are given to those born before 1999 in a 0-1-6 month regimen.
5 dT is given every 10 years thereafter.
6 Three doses of HPV vaccine given to girls in a 0-2-6 months regimen.
Additional comments
HPV vaccination catch-up campaign introduced in January 2009 lasting till 2011, for 17-year old girls.

Historic changes
Measles, mumps and rubella:
1973: Vaccination campaign with measles monovalent vaccine to 1-4 years old children.
1974: Measles monovalent vaccine introduced in the national childhood vaccination programme and recommended at 12 to 24 months of age (with a catch-up campaign to 1-4 years old children until 1977).
1987: Combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) introduced in the national childhood vaccination programme and recommended at 15 months of age.
1990: Second MMR dose added and recommended at 10-13 years of age.
2000: Recommended age for second MMR lowered to 5-6 years of age.

HPV:
2008: 27 October. HPV vaccination introduced in national vaccination schedule for 13-year-old girls.
2009: January. HPV vaccination catch-up campaign lasting till 2011, for 17-year old girls.

This summary chart is adapted from the national vaccination schedule for Portugal, recommended by the Direcção Geral De Saúde de Portugal - DGS (General Directorate of Health). More information on the childhood vaccination schedule in Portugal may be accessed through the website at www.dgs.pt (in Portuguese).