Historical Overview on Vaccines in the Programme

Updated 28 November 2017

Brief historical overview on vaccines used

Diphtheria-tetanus from 1/1 1950 to 31/3 1961
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whole cell) from 1/4 1961 to 31/7 1969
Mono component inactivated polio from 1955 to 31/7 1969
Mono component pertussis (whole cell) from 1/8 1969 to 31/12 1996
Diphtheria-tetanus-polio from 1/8 1969 to 31/12 1996
OPV (oral polio vaccine) from beginning of the 1960s to 31/8 2003
MMR vaccine since 1/1 1987
Mono component Hib from 1/6 1993 to 30/6 2002
Diphtheria-tetanus revaccination of 5-year-olds from 1/1 1996 to 31/8 2003
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio from 1/1 1997 to 30/6 2002
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio/Hib since 1/7 2002
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio-hepatitis B/Hib from 15/1 2014 to 31/12 2015 and from 20/2 2016 to 3/4 2017
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio-hepatitis B/Hib from 15/2 2016
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-revaccination from 1/9 2003 to 30/6 2004
Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio-revaccination from 1/7 2004
Conjugated Pneumococcal vaccine, 7 valent, from 1/10 2007
HPV-vaccine against type 6,11,16 and 18 from 1/1-2009(catch up from 1/10 2008) to 31/12 2017
Conjugated Pneumococcal vaccine, 13 valent, from 15/4 2010
HPV-vaccine against type 16 and 18 from 1/2 2016
HPV-vaccine against type 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 and 58 from 1/11 2017