When to immunize

Diseases protected against

Vaccine given

2 months old

Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

Pneumococcal disease

Rotavirus

DTaP/IPV/Hib

PCV

Rotarix

3 months old

Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and (Hib)

Meningococcal Group C disease (MenC)

Rotavirus

DTaP/IPV/Hib

MenC

Rotarix

4 months old

Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio and Hib

Pneumococcal disease

DTaP/IPV/Hib

PCV

Between 12 and 13 months – within a month of the first birthday

Hib/MenC

Pneumococcal disease

Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles)

Hib/MenC

PCV

MMR

3 years 4 months to 5 years

Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio

Measles, mumps and rubella

dTaP/IPV or DTaP/IPV

MMR

Girls –

12 to 13 years

Cervical cancer cuased by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) types 16 and 18

Gardasil

13 to 18 years

Tetanus, diphtheria, polio

Men C

Td/IPV and check MMR status

Men C