Turkmenistan has approved the national calendar of preventive vaccinations, timing of their implementation and groups of citizens subject to mandatory vaccination.
The relevant Resolution of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan was registered and published by the Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan in early March.
The national vaccination calendar:
Newborn infants within 24 hours of life |
First vaccination against viral hepatitis B |
Newborns on the 2ndor 3rd day of life | Vaccination against tuberculosis |
Vaccination against polio | |
Children 2 months old | First vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, whooping cough Infections caused by Hamophilus influenzae type b |
First polio vaccination | |
First vaccination against pneumococcal disease | |
First immunization against rotavirus infection | |
Children 3 months old | Second vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, pertussis infections caused by Hamophilus influenzae type b. |
Second polio vaccination | |
IPV vaccine | |
Second vaccination against rotavirus infection | |
Children 4 months old | Third vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, pertussis infections caused by Hamophilus influenzae type b |
Third polio vaccination | |
Second vaccination against pneumococcal disease | |
Third vaccination against rotavirus infection | |
Children 12-15 months old | First measles, mumps, rubella vaccine |
Third vaccine against pneumococcal infection | |
Children 18 months old | Vaccination diphtheria, tetanus |
Fourth polio vaccination | |
Vaccination against viral hepatitis A | |
Children 6 years old | Pertussis-Diphtheria-Tetanus vaccine |
Vaccination against measles, rubella, epidemic parotitis | |
Children 9 years old | Human papillomavirus vaccination |
Children 14 years old | Second vaccination against tuberculosis |
Children 15 years old | Vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria |
Adults 25 years old | Tetanus and diphtheria vaccination |