Ana Mato, Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality, commented that the Plenary of the Interterritorial Health Council has reached an agreement on vaccines and ages at which childhood vaccines will be put.
The deadline given for this unification will be in 2013, when the autonomous communities agree on this issue. The minister wanted to highlight that it is a historical consensus, because for the first time, all the autonomous communities have agreed to make effective common vaccinations at the same ages. He has also explained that a technical study has been requested for the 2013 calendar proposal.
After this agreement the vaccination schedule It should be as follows:
At first year of life Newborns and two and six month olds will be vaccinated with hepatitis B (HB), with an implantation period of one year. Vaccination against meningococcus C (MenC) will be at two and four months, with an implantation period of one year.
At second year of life triple viral (SRP) for measles, rubella and mumps, the first dose at 12 months, with an implantation period of one year and also diphtheria, pertussis, polio and haemophilus, with a fourth booster dose 18 months It will have an implementation period of one year.
AdvertisingFrom three to six years the children will receive the fifth dose of reinforcement of the DTPa and the second dose of the triple viral between three and four years, with an implantation period of three years.
To the 14 years The booster dose of tetanus and diphtheria vaccine will be given.
Ana Mato He wanted to make it clear that no child will stop receiving a vaccine if it is good for his health, they will receive all that are necessary and equally in all the autonomous communities.
This is good news for all of us, since we had commented in other articles that pediatricians had been asking for such a unification of the vaccination schedule and the ages at which the vaccines were administered.
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