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Summary chart

 Abbreviations
The Swedish Childhood Vaccination Schedule
DTaP IPV Hib MMR BCG HepB dTap
At birth Yes4 Yes5
3 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
5 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
12 months Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
18 months Yes
5-6 years Yes2 Yes
6-8 years   Yes2
10 years Yes3
12 years Yes3
14-16 years     Yes2
The Swedish Childhood Vaccination Schedule as on 18 June 2008
1 DTaP, IPV and Hib are given as a single pentavalent vaccine.
2 Recommended to children born in 2002 and later.
3 Recommended to children born before 2002.
4 BCG is only recommended to children considered high-risk groups. Vaccination is normally given at 6 months or later.
5 HepB is only recommended to children considered high-risk groups. Vaccination is given at birth to infants of mothers positive for hepatitis B.
Historic changes
aP vaccines were introduced in 1996, when DTaP replaced DT at 3-5-12 months. In the same year, HepB was included in the national vaccination program to children in high-risk groups.

A revised schedule is implemented from 2007, including a diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis booster at school entry (DTaP) and at school leaving (dTap), and also a lower age for the second MMR (6-8 years). The new schedule starts with children born from 2002. Children born 1995-2001 receive a single dose pertussis catch-up in form of DTaP instead of DT at 10 years.

Planned changes
PCV7: As from 2009, PCV7 will be introduced into the national childhood vaccination programme and will be recommended to all children born from October 2008 onwards at 3, 5 and 12 months of age.

This summary chart is adapted from the national vaccination schedule for Sweden , recommended by The National Board of Health and Welfare. More information on the childhood vaccination schedule in Sweden may be accessed through the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control website.