In order to protect infants and children from serious infectious diseases, the Department of Health of Hong Kong provides a free comprehensive childhood immunisation programme to Hongkongers over all the Maternal & Child Health Centres. For primary 1 and primary 6 students, Department of Health dispatches immunisation teams to schools for the required vaccinations.
| Age | Childhood Immunization Programme |
|---|---|
| Newborn | BCG, a vaccine for tuberculosis
Hepatitis B vaccine---first dose |
| 1 month | Hepatitis B vaccine---second dose |
| 2–4 months | DTaP-IPV, a combined vaccine of DTaP and IPV (inactivated polio vaccine) for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and polio---first dose
Pneumococcal Vaccine - first dose |
| 3–5 months | DTaP-IPV---second dose
Pneumococcal Vaccine - second dose |
| 6 months | Hepatitis B vaccine---third dose
DTaP-IPV---third dose Pneumococcal Vaccine - third dose |
| 12 months | MMR vaccine, a vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella---first dose
Varicella vaccine, a vaccine against chickenpox---first dose Pneumococcal Vaccine - booster dose |
| 18 months | DTaP-IPV---booster dose |
| 6 years (Primary 1) | MMRV vaccine--- a combined MMR and varicella vaccine given in one jab---second dose
DTaP-IPV---booster dose |
| 10-11 years (Primary 5) | HPV vaccine--- first dose (female only) |
| 11–12 years (Primary 6) | dTap-IPV (reduced dose)---booster dose
HPV vaccine--- second dose (female only) |