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Summary chart

 Abbreviations
The Slovenian Childhood Vaccination Schedule
DTaP IPV Hib HepB MMR BCG dTap HPV T
At birth Yes2 Yes3
3 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
4-5 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
6 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
12-18 months       Yes
12-24 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1  
5-6 years Yes Yes
8 years Yes
11-12 years4   Yes
16-18 years Yes5
The Slovenian Childhood Vaccination Schedule as on 1 April 2009
1 Delivered as pentavalent vaccine DTaP-Hib-IPV.
2 Obligatory for newborn infants of HbsAg positive mothers. Administered in 4 doses (at 0-1-2-12 months of age schedule), starting within 12 hours post-partum simultaneously with HB immunoglobulin.
3 Recommended to newborn infants of immigrant families in last 5 years from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis.
4 Recommended to all girls during elementary school preventive program at 6th class.
5 Re-vaccination is given every ten years.
Additional comments
Most vaccinations in the Slovenian Childhood Vaccination Schedule are obligatory by law.
Recommended vaccines are: influenza, pneumococcal vaccine, Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine, varicella, HPV and rota virus.

Historic changes
Tuberculosis:
1946-2005 BCG obligatory vaccination of newborns
2006 Selective vaccination only

Measles, mumps and rubella:
1968 Measles vaccine introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule for children aged 8 months, later age of measles vaccination changed to 12 months (single dose)
1973 Rubella vaccination introduced for women in child-bearing age
1975 Rubella vaccination introduced for all 12-14 years old girls
1979 Second dose of measles vaccine together with mumps vaccine (combined vaccine) introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule, 12 months for first dose and 6 years for second dose
1990 Combined vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) introduced into national childhood vaccination in schedule 12-18 months (first dose) and 5-6 years (second dose)

Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis:
1937 Diphtheria vaccine introduced in the national vaccination schedule
1951 Tetanus vaccine introduced in the national vaccination schedule
1959 Pertussis whole cell vaccine introduced in the national childhood vaccination schedule (3 doses) in the first year of life - combined vaccine together with diphtheria and tetanus vaccine
1961 First booster dose of combined vaccine (second year of life) added to the national childhood vaccination schedule
1969 Second booster dose of combined vaccine (fourth year of life) added to the national childhood vaccination schedule, but some years later abandoned
1999 Acellular pertussis vaccine replaced whole cell vaccine
2009 Acellular pertussis booster introduced for children 8 years old (combined vaccine dTap)

Poliomyelitis:
1957 Polio vaccine introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule
1961 Live oral Sabin polio vaccine (OPV) replaced Salk polio vaccine
2003 Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) only

Haemophilus influenzae type b:
2000 Hib vaccine introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule

Hepatitis B:
1998 HepB introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule for children 5-6 years old

HPV:
2009/10 HPV introduced into national childhood vaccination schedule for girls 11-12 years old

This summary chart is adapted from the Vaccination Guidelines for Slovenia 2009 issued by the Ministry of Health, Slovenia and National Institute of Public Health.