Table. Number of vaccine doses the child should have received by their current age
See Catch-up guidelines for individual vaccines for children <10 years of age for important details, including for Hib and pneumococcal vaccines.
|
Vaccine |
Child aged 0 to <2 months |
Child aged 2 to <4 months |
Child aged 4 to <6 months |
Child aged 6 to <12 months |
Child aged 12–18 months |
Child aged >18 months to <4 years |
Child aged 4 years to <10 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DTPa |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 (unless dose 4 received at >3.5 years of age, then dose 5 is not needed) |
|
Hepatitis A (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in NT, Qld, SA and WA only) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (contact state or territory health authorities for advice about catch-up in children >2 years of age) |
2 (contact state or territory health authorities for advice about catch-up in children >2 years of age) |
|
Hepatitis B |
0 (birth dose is recommended but no need to catch up if missed) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
MenACWY (Nimenrix and MenQuadfi) (infants with certain immunocompromising conditions need extra doses — see Meningococcal disease) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (2 doses required if Menveo used) |
1 (2 doses required if Menveo used) |
1 (2 doses required if Menveo used) |
|
MMR |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 (can be given as MMRV) |
2 (can be given as MMRV) |
| Pneumococcal disease (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in NT, Qld, SA and WA and those with a risk condition need extra doses — see Pneumococcal disease) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
|
Poliovirus (IPV) |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
Rotavirus (specific age limits — see Rotavirus) |
0 |
1 (Rotarix) or 1 (RotaTeq) |
2 (Rotarix) or 2 (RotaTeq) |
No catch-up (Rotarix), 3 (RotaTeq) |
No catch-up |
No catch-up |
No catch-up |
|
Varicella |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (can be given as MMRV) |
1 (can be given as MMRV) |
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