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Vaccinations are given at polyclinics (subsidised), CHAS GP clinics, and hospitals. School-based vaccines are given through the Health Promotion Board School Health Service. Records are kept in the National Immunisation Registry (check via HealthHub).
HealthHub - clinic finderTap any milestone to expand it. Each vaccine explains what it is, the diseases it prevents, and why it is given at that age.
BirthNewborn2 vaccines
Given at birth in hospital. Protects infants against the most serious forms of TB.
Given at birth to prevent mother-to-baby transmission of hepatitis B.
2 months (from 6 weeks)Newborn2 vaccines
One shot against six diseases. Diphtheria protection is compulsory by law in Singapore.
Protects against pneumococcus, a common cause of pneumonia, ear infection and meningitis.
4 monthsNewborn2 vaccines
Second six-in-one dose.
Second pneumococcal dose.
6 monthsInfant2 vaccines
Third dose. A fourth (booster) follows at 18 months.
The pneumococcal booster.
12 monthsToddler1 vaccine
First MMR dose. Measles vaccination is compulsory by law in Singapore.
15 monthsToddler2 vaccines
The second MMR dose, for full lasting protection.
First chickenpox dose. It may be given as MMRV combined with the MMR dose.
18 monthsToddler2 vaccines
The booster dose, given at 18 months. It replaced the older Primary 1 school booster.
The second chickenpox dose, completing the course.
Primary 5 (around 10-11 years, school)Child2 vaccines
A tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough booster given through the School Health Service.
A polio booster given at the same visit.
Secondary 1 (around 12-13 years, school)Teen1 vaccine
A measles, mumps and rubella dose for students who have not had two documented doses.
Secondary 1-2 (around 12-14 years, girls)Teen1 vaccine
Offered free to female students through the school health programme (dose 1 in Secondary 1, dose 2 in Secondary 2). Prevents the infections behind almost all cervical cancer.
Given in addition to the routine schedule, for children who meet certain criteria.
When: Every year
Who: Recommended annually for all children aged 6 months to under 5 years, and for older children with certain medical conditions. Two doses in the first year a child is vaccinated.
When: Birth plus schedule doses
Who: Additional hepatitis B immunoglobulin and close follow-up testing for babies born to hepatitis B positive mothers.
How Singapore compares with other countries for each vaccine, and the side effects that are normal.
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About the Singapore schedule
Singapore's National Childhood Immunisation Schedule (NCIS) is set by the Ministry of Health and the Communicable Diseases Agency. Diphtheria and measles vaccination are compulsory by law; the rest are strongly recommended and subsidised, with vaccines given at polyclinics, CHAS GP clinics and hospitals.
Babies are immunised at birth and at 2, 4, 6, 12, 15 and 18 months, with school-based boosters in Primary 5 and vaccines in the early secondary years.
How Singapore compares
Singapore's routine schedule protects against 13 diseases across 10 vaccination ages, 4 of them in the first year. By age 2 a child has had about 13 vaccine doses.
Less common elsewhere: Singapore 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; Meningococcal C; Meningococcal A, W, Y are routine in most of the other countries we cover but not on Singapore's schedule for every child.
Compare Singapore with any other country, disease by disease.
Behind schedule or new to Singapore? Almost every dose still counts, and your clinic can plan a catch-up - see common questions.