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Summary chart

 Abbreviations
The Belgian Childhood Vaccination Schedule
DTaP Hib IPV1 HepB MMR MenC2 PCV73 RTV4 dTpa HPV
8 weeks Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes Yes
12 weeks Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes5   Yes
16 weeks Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes (Yes)
12 months Yes   Yes
15 months Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes  
5-7 years Yes6 Yes6 Yes7
10-13 years Yes8 Yes Yes10
14-16 years Yes7 Yes9  
The Belgian Childhood Vaccination Schedule as on 6 August 2008
  1 IPV is the only mandatory vaccination. If IPV is given separately, only two doses are administered during the first year of life, with an interval of at least 8 weeks apart. A third dose is administered between 13-18 months of age.
  2 The MenC vaccine is recommended simultaneously with the booster dose of the DTaP-HBV-IPV- Hib hexavalent vaccine at 13-18 months of age (preferably at 15 months of age).
  3 Vaccination with three doses of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine with seven components (PCV7) is recommended in Belgium since January 2007. The third dose is administered simultaneously with the MMR vaccine.
  4 Rotavirus vaccine is recommended by the Superior Health Council, but it is not integrated in the routine vaccination calendar. Two or three doses are recommended, depending on which vaccine is used.
  5 Recommended as the combined DTaP-HBV-IPV- Hib hexavalent vaccine.
  6 Recommended as the combined DTaP-IPV quadrivalent vaccine.
  7 Vaccination status of MMR is checked at school (first dose at 5-7 years and second dose at 15-16 years). If necessary one dose of MMR is given.
  8 A primary course of three doses of HepB is given at 10-13 years of age if no routine vaccination was received in infancy.
  9 A booster dose of the trivalent vaccine dTap is recommended at the age of 14-16 years by the Superior Health Council, but it is not yet integrated in the routine vaccination calendar.
10 Vaccination with 3 doses of vaccine against HPV for 1 birth cohort of girls aged 10 to 13 years is recommended by the Superior Health Council, but it is not yet integrated in the routine vaccination calendar.
Historic changes
Measles, mumps and rubella:
1973: Rubella vaccine was recommended for girls aged 14-15 years.
1975: Measles vaccines became available on the Belgian market.
1981: Age for rubella vaccination lowered to 11-12 years.
1985: Introduction of the combined measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) to the national vaccination schedule. Vaccination recommended at the age of 15 months.
1994: Second dose of MMR at the age of 10-12 years was introduced into the national vaccination schedule and supersedes previous recommendation for rubella only vaccination.
2002: Recommended age for first dose of MMR vaccination lowered to 12 months. Catch-up vaccination for MMR1 recommended at the age of 5-6 years.
2005: Catch-up vaccination for MMR2 recommended at the age of 14-16 years.

This summary chart is adapted from the national vaccination schedule for Belgium in accordance with recommendations made by the Belgian Health Council.