CIRCULAR

LIST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, MANDATORY RECIPIENTS OF VACCINES AND BIOLOGICALS

Pursuant to the Law on Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases No. 03/2007/QH12 dated November 21, 2007;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 188/2007/NĐ-CP dated December 27, 2007, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;

The Ministry of Health promulgates the List of infectious diseases, mandatory recipients of vaccines and biologicals.

Article 1. List of infectious diseases, mandatory recipients of vaccines and biologicals who are living in or moving to affected areas

1. List of infectious diseases, vaccines and biologicals against them:

No.

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Vaccine/biological

1

Diphtheria

Diphtheria vaccine or combination vaccines that include diphtheria vaccine

Anti-diphtheria serum

2

Polio

Polio vaccine or combination vaccines that include polio vaccine

3

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Influenza vaccines (seasonal influenza vaccine, influenza epidemic vaccine)

Anti-influenza serum (Gamma globulin), Interferon

4

Rabies

Rabies vaccine, anti-rabies serum

5

Pertussis

Pertussis vaccine or combination vaccines that include pertussis vaccine

Anti-pertussis serum (Gamma globulin)

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Tuberculosis

BCG vaccine

7

Mumps

Mumps vaccine or combination vaccines that include mumps vaccine

8

Rubella

Rubella vaccine or combination vaccines that include Rubella vaccine

9

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Measles vaccine or combination vaccines that include measles vaccine

Anti-measles serum (Gamma globulin)

10

Yellow fever

Yellow fever vaccine

11

Cholera

Cholera vaccine

12

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Typhoid vaccine

13

Chickenpox

Chickenpox vaccine

14

Rotavirus diarrhea

Rotavirus vaccine

15

Tetanus

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Anti-tetanus serum

16

Viral hepatitis A

Hepatitis A vaccine or combination vaccines that include hepatitis A vaccine

17

Viral hepatitis B

Hepatitis B vaccine or combination vaccines that include hepatitis B vaccine

 (HEPABIG), Interferon

18

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Meningococcal meningitis vaccine

19

Pneumococcal meningitis and pneumonia

Pneumococcal vaccine

20

Japanese encephalitis

Japanese encephalitis vaccine

21

Pneumonia and meningitis caused by hemophilus influenza type B

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2. Uses and recipients:

a) The use of vaccines and biologicals above shall comply with the decision on epidemic declaration issued by a competent authority. Targeted recipients of yellow fever vaccines are people from affected areas as recommended by WHO.

b) If a person has been administered vaccines or biologicals and the duration of immunity has not expired, he/she is not required to be vaccinated again. The vaccination time is the time specified in the document certifying the vaccination issued by a competent authority.

Article 2. List of infectious diseases, vaccination schedule and mandatory recipients of vaccines in expanded immunization programs

No.

Vaccine-preventable diseases in Vietnam

Vaccines and recipients thereof under expanded immunization program

Vaccine

Recipients

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1

Tuberculosis

BCG vaccine

Children under 1 year

1 dose within the first month after birth

2

Polio

Orally administered polio vaccine

Children under 1 year

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Second dose: 3 months

Third dose: 4 months

Children under 5 years

2 doses at one month interval (during extended vaccination campaign)

3

Diphtheria

Diphtheria - pertussis - tetanus vaccine

Children under 1 year

First dose: 2 months

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Third dose: 4 months

Children under 18 months

Booster dose

4

Pertussis

Diphtheria - pertussis - tetanus vaccine

Children under 1 year

First dose: 2 months

Second dose: 3 months

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Children under 18 months

Booster dose

5

Tetanus

Diphtheria - pertussis - tetanus vaccine

Children under 1 year

First dose: 2 months

Second dose: 3 months

Third dose: 4 months

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Booster dose

Tetanus vaccine

Pregnant women and women of childbearing age (15 – 35)

First dose: Early during the first pregnancy or childbearing age in risky areas

Second dose: at least 1 month after the first dose

Third dose: at least 6 months after the second dose or during the next pregnancy

Fourth dose: at least 1 year after the third dose or during the next pregnancy

Fifth dose: at least 1 year after the fourth dose or during the next pregnancy.

6

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Measles vaccine

Children aged 9 – 18 months

First dose: 9 months

Second dose: 18 months

Children aged 1 – 5 years

01 dose (during extended vaccination campaign)

7

Viral hepatitis B

Hepatitis B vaccine

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First dose: within 24 hours after birth

Second dose: 2 months

Third dose: 3 months

Fourth dose: 4 months

8

Diseases caused by hemophilus influenza type B

Hib vaccine

Children under 1 year

First dose: 2 months

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Third dose: 4 months

9

Japanese Encephalitis

Japanese encephalitis vaccine

Children aged 1 – 5 in affected area

First dose: 1 year

Second dose: 1 – 2 weeks after the first dose

Third dose: 1 year after the second dose

10

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Cholera vaccine

Children aged 2 – 5 in affected area or severely affected area

First dose: 2 – 5 years

Second dose: 1 – 2 weeks after the first dose.

11

Typhoid

Typhoid vaccine

Children aged 2 – 10 in affected area or severely affected area

1 dose: 2 – 10 years

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Article 3. Effect

This Circular comes into force from September 01, 2011.

Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular should be reported to General Department of Preventive Medicine, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Health, for consideration.

PP MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER




Trinh Quan Huan

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