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Singapore
National Childhood Immunisation Programme (NCIP)
Last reviewed: 2024-01
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Singapore's NCIP is managed by the Ministry of Health. Under the Infectious Diseases Act, only Diphtheria and Measles are legally compulsory. All other NCIP vaccines are strongly recommended and subsidised. This schedule marks all NCIP vaccines as 'mandatory' and extras as 'recommended'.
Mandatory
Recommended
Birth
BCG
Tuberculosis (BCG)
BCG Vaccine
Dose 1
· mandatory
Given within 1 month of birth
HepB
Hepatitis B
Engerix-B
Dose 1
· mandatory
1 month
HepB
Hepatitis B
Engerix-B
Dose 2
· mandatory
3 months
D
T
aP
IPV
Hib
Diphtheria ·
Tetanus ·
Pertussis (whooping cough) ·
Polio (inactivated) ·
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Pediacel
Pentaxim
Dose 1
· mandatory
5-in-1 (DTaP-IPV-Hib)
PCV
Pneumococcal
Prevenar 13
Dose 1
· mandatory
Rota
Rotavirus
Rotarix
Dose 1
· mandatory
Oral vaccine
4 months
D
T
aP
IPV
Hib
Diphtheria ·
Tetanus ·
Pertussis (whooping cough) ·
Polio (inactivated) ·
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Pediacel
Pentaxim
Dose 2
· mandatory
PCV
Pneumococcal
Prevenar 13
Dose 2
· mandatory
Rota
Rotavirus
Rotarix
Dose 2
· mandatory
Final dose for Rotarix 2-dose schedule
5 months
D
T
aP
IPV
Hib
Diphtheria ·
Tetanus ·
Pertussis (whooping cough) ·
Polio (inactivated) ·
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Pediacel
Pentaxim
Dose 3
· mandatory
6 months
HepB
Hepatitis B
Engerix-B
Dose 3
· mandatory
PCV
Pneumococcal
Prevenar 13
Dose 3
· mandatory
12 months
M
Mu
R
Measles ·
Mumps ·
Rubella
Priorix
MMR II
Dose 1
· mandatory
Var
Varicella (chickenpox)
Varilrix
Varivax
Dose 1
· mandatory
15 months
PCV
Pneumococcal
Prevenar 13
Booster
· mandatory
Booster dose
18 months
D
T
aP
IPV
Hib
Diphtheria ·
Tetanus ·
Pertussis (whooping cough) ·
Polio (inactivated) ·
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Pediacel
Pentaxim
Booster
· mandatory
18-month booster
M
Mu
R
Measles ·
Mumps ·
Rubella
Priorix
MMR II
Booster
· mandatory
11 years
HPV
Human Papillomavirus
Gardasil 9
Dose 1
· mandatory
School-based HPV vaccination programme