Your child vaccination remains a priority throughout lifetime14 and can help protect against potentially harmful vaccine-preventable diseases.2
Vaccination helps prevent more than 2.5 million deaths each year globally.3
Approximately 18.7 million infants worldwide are still missing their routine vaccinations.5
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Approval number
(9-SFDA-42)
More than 20 life-threatening diseases can be prevented by vaccination.2
Vaccination has enabled us to reduce most vaccine-preventable diseases to very low levels in many countries. However, if people stop getting the vaccines relevant to them, we may see a reappearance of some vaccine-preventable diseases.⁶
Vaccines Have Helped:
- Eradicate smallpox7
- Almost eradicate polio8
- Decrease deaths related to measles by 73% between 2000 and 2018 worldwide*9
- Decrease cases of rubella by 97% between 2000-2018**10
Vaccines Also Help Society:
- Individuals - Vaccinations can help improve the health and well-being by helping protect against vaccine-preventable diseases which were historically a common cause of death in children.11
- Communities - Vaccination can help reduce the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases within communities.11
- Economies - Studies indicate that vaccination can have beneficial effects on economic growth, productivity and workforce participation.12
* Global measles deaths have decreased by 73% from an estimated 536,000 in 2000 to 142,000 in 2018 .
** Reported rubella cases declined 97%, from 670,894 cases in 102 countries in 2000 to 14,621 cases in 151 countries in 2018.
For drug adverse events please contact SFDA on toll free number 800249000
Approval number (9-SFDA-42)
Recommended vaccination schedule by Ministry of Health15, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
TIMING
Hepatitis B
- Dose 1: Birth
- Dose 2: 2 months old
- Dose 3: 4 months old
- Dose 4: 6 months old
Tetanus, pertussis &
diphtheria - DTaP
- Dose 1: 2 months old
- Dose 2: 4 months old
- Dose 3: 6 months old
- Dose 4: 18 months old
- Dose 5: 4 - 6 Years
Hib
(Haemophilus influenzae type b)
- Dose 1: 2 months old
- Dose 2: 4 months old
- Dose 3: 6 months old
- Dose 4: 18 months old
Polio (IPV)
- Dose 1: 2 months old
- Dose 2: 4 months old
- Dose 3: 6 months old
Polio (OPV)
- Dose 1: 6 months old
- Dose 2: 12 months old
- Dose 3: 18 months old
- Dose 4: 4-6 Years
Rotavirus
- Dose 1: 2 months old
- Dose 2: 4 months old
- Dose 3: 6 months old*
Pneumococcal (PCV)
- Dose 1: 2 months old
- Dose 2: 4 months old
- Dose 3: 6 months old
- Dose 4: 12 months old
BCG
- One dose: 6 months old
Meningococcal (MCV4)
- Dose 1: 9 months old
- Dose 2: 12 months old
Measles
- One dose: 9 months old
Hepatitis A
- Dose 1: 18 months old
- Dose 2: 24 months old
Measles, Mumps & Rubella
- Dose 1: 12 months old
- Dose 2: 18 months old
- Dose 3: 4 - 6 Years
Chickenpox
- Dose 1: 18 months old
- Dose 2: 4 - 6 Years
Influenza
- Annually**
- Age from 6 months
VACCINATION SCHEDULE
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* Depending on whether a two dose or three dose vaccine is
administered.
** Recommended for children aged 6 months and above.
For more information, speak to your doctor about vaccination.
Some vaccine windows differ for children in high-risk groups or travel.
Learn more about vaccine dosage reminders and activation of the service Learn more about vaccine and frequently asked questions
For drug adverse events please contact SFDA on toll free number 800249000
Approval number (9-SFDA-42)