Children and adolescents

To ensure lasting protection, it is important to have booster shots for whooping cough, diphtheria, polio and tetanus every 10 years.

In addition, the Department of Health and Social Security recommends that adolescents aged 9 to 20, both girls and boys, be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

For adolescents who were not vaccinated against hepatitis B during childhood, vaccination is recommended at age 12 as part of a catch-up programme.

Recommended vaccinations

Children aged 5-6

• Booster dose of the combined vaccine (d, T, aP, IPV) which protects against:
  • diphtheria,
  • tetanus,
  • whooping cough,
  • polio.
• Catch-up vaccination against invasive pneumococcal infections, if not previously done.

Children aged 9–14

• Catch-up vaccination against hepatitis B recommended at age 12, if this vaccine has not yet been administered.
• Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) infections (2 doses) for girls and boys.

Adolescents aged 15-20

• Booster (aged 15-16) of Men ACWY and the combined vaccine (d, T, aP, IPV) which protects against:
  • diphtheria,
  • tetanus,
  • whooping cough,
  • polio
• Catch-up vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, if this vaccine has not yet been given (15-20 years old) (2 doses).