Baby Vaccine Schedule Overview

Vaccines on a baby’s card are chosen by a country, a province, or a health system, and they are updated. This page is an overview of the vaccines families ask about most often, written beside four public sources: the World Health Organization’s routine immunization positions, the United States CDC child and adolescent schedule, the Public Health Agency of Canada’s routine schedule, and the United Kingdom NHS complete routine immunisation schedule. It is not those documents. If a sentence here and the current PDF disagree, the PDF wins.

The same germ is often prevented by a combined shot. The NHS 6-in-1 visit at about 8, 12, and 16 weeks covers diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib, and hepatitis B. The CDC lists several of those as separate lines with their own months, even when a clinic gives a combination. That is why the table repeats “inside the 6-in-1” on the NHS line and lists months on the CDC line. Neither line is a personal appointment.

A few differences matter when families move. BCG, the tuberculosis vaccine, is a birth dose in many countries where tuberculosis is common, and it is not given to every baby in the United States or the United Kingdom. Rotavirus is an oral vaccine with a latest age to start, so a missed early visit cannot always be made up later. Measles vaccine timing moves earlier when measles is spreading. A baby born early, a baby with a weak immune system, or a baby who received blood products may be on a different calendar entirely.

This page will not tell you to skip a dose, delay a dose, or add a dose. Those choices are medical decisions. Bring the card you already have to the visit. Write down the product name if you are crossing a border, because “the 2-month shots” is not a product name a new clinic can match. Fever after a vaccine, a sore leg, and extra crying are common enough to be in the leaflets. Trouble breathing, a rash that spreads quickly, or a baby who is hard to wake are reasons to get urgent help, not reasons to search this table.

The filter box only hides rows. It does not rank vaccines and it does not know your postal code. Public health units in Canada publish the provincial month-by-month chart. NHS.uk publishes the UK chart, including which 1-year vaccines are current. CDC.gov publishes the US schedule by age. WHO publishes position papers that countries adapt. Use those pages when you need the legal or clinical version, and use this page when you need a side-by-side explanation in plain words.

Related tools stay in their lane. The feeding and sleep overview is about meals and rest, not immunity. The growth percentile compares a measurement with a WHO growth standard, which is a different WHO project from the vaccine positions. The pregnancy week counter is for before the birth. None of them replace the clinician who knows your child. Read the site disclaimer before you treat any row as an instruction.