🇷🇺 Russia childhood vaccination schedule

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. Enter your child's date of birth below for an approximate personalised timeline.

Reading the timeline

Ages such as "8 weeks" or "12 months" are the recommended target ages. In practice, appointments can fall a little before or after, and being a few weeks late is common and easily caught up - contact your local service rather than waiting for the next scheduled set. Where a vaccine needs several doses, each one builds on the last; the immune protection is only complete once the full course (including any booster) is given.

If your child is behind

Almost every dose still counts no matter how much time has passed, and there is a catch-up route for children who have missed vaccines or who have moved from another country. Bring whatever record you have to a GP or clinic and they will work out the shortest path back onto the schedule.