How to book in Russia
Vaccinations on the national calendar are free at your children's clinic (детская поликлиника) at your place of registration. A paediatrician examines the child before each vaccination.
Ministry of Health of RussiaTap any milestone to expand it. Each vaccine explains what it is, the diseases it prevents, and why it is given at that age.
First 24 hoursNewborn1 vaccine
Given on the first day of life to prevent mother-to-baby spread of hepatitis B, which almost always becomes a lifelong liver infection when caught this early.
3 to 7 daysNewborn1 vaccine
Given in the first week because TB still circulates in Russia. It protects infants against TB meningitis and other severe forms.
1 monthNewborn1 vaccine
Second hepatitis B dose.
2 monthsNewborn2 vaccines
A third early hepatitis B dose for babies in defined risk groups.
Protects against pneumococcus, a common cause of pneumonia, ear infection and meningitis in small children.
3 monthsNewborn3 vaccines
The main childhood course against three bacterial diseases. Russia had a large diphtheria epidemic in the 1990s when coverage fell, so this vaccine is taken seriously.
The first polio doses are the injected, killed-virus type.
Given to children in risk groups to prevent Hib meningitis and epiglottitis.
4.5 monthsNewborn4 vaccines
Second DTP dose.
Second polio dose.
Second pneumococcal dose.
Second Hib dose for risk groups.
6 monthsInfant4 vaccines
Third DTP dose, completing the primary course.
The third polio dose switches to oral drops.
The third hepatitis B dose, completing the course.
Third Hib dose for risk groups.
12 monthsToddler1 vaccine
First measles, mumps and rubella dose. Measles spreads very easily and can cause pneumonia and brain swelling.
15 monthsToddler1 vaccine
The pneumococcal booster.
18 monthsToddler3 vaccines
The first DTP booster, because protection from the baby doses fades.
First polio booster.
Hib booster for risk groups.
20 monthsToddler1 vaccine
A second polio booster to keep protection high while polio still exists elsewhere in the world.
6 yearsChild1 vaccine
The second measles, mumps and rubella dose, needed for lasting protection.
6 to 7 yearsChild1 vaccine
A school-age tetanus and diphtheria booster.
14 yearsTeen2 vaccines
The teenage tetanus and diphtheria booster - then repeated every 10 years in adult life.
The final childhood polio booster.
Given in addition to the routine schedule, for children who meet certain criteria.
When: Every year from 6 months
Who: On the national calendar for children from 6 months, especially those attending nursery and school.
How Russia compares with other countries for each vaccine, and the side effects that are normal.
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About the Russia schedule
Russia's childhood immunisations follow the National Preventive Vaccination Calendar (Национальный календарь профилактических прививок), set by the Ministry of Health. Vaccines on the calendar are provided free.
The calendar starts in the first day of life with hepatitis B and BCG within the first week, then moves quickly: hepatitis B and pneumococcal doses in the first months, the main diphtheria-tetanus-whooping cough and polio course at 3, 4.5 and 6 months, measles-mumps-rubella at 12 months, and a series of boosters through to age 14.
Some doses (Hib, extra hepatitis B) are targeted at children in defined risk groups.
How Russia compares
Russia's routine schedule protects against 11 diseases across 14 vaccination ages, 7 of them in the first year. By age 2 a child has had about 22 vaccine doses, including oral drops against polio.
Less common elsewhere: Russia routinely vaccinates against Tuberculosis (BCG), which fewer than half of the other 13 countries on this site include for every child.
Not routine here: Rotavirus; Chickenpox; Meningococcal C; Meningococcal A, W, Y; HPV are routine in most of the other countries we cover but not on Russia's schedule for every child.
Compare Russia with any other country, disease by disease.
Behind schedule or new to Russia? Almost every dose still counts, and your clinic can plan a catch-up - see common questions.
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