In order to protect infants and children from serious infectious diseases, the Department of Health of Hong Kong provides a free comprehensive childhood immunisation programme to Hongkongers over all the Maternal & Child Health Centres. For primary 1 and primary 6 students, Department of Health dispatches immunisation teams to schools for the required vaccinations.
Age Childhood Immunization Programme Newborn BCG, a vaccine for tuberculosis Hepatitis B vaccine---first dose 1 month Hepatitis B vaccine---second dose 2–4 months DTaP-IPV, a combined vaccine of DTaP and IPV (inactivated polio vaccine) for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and polio---first dose Pneumococcal Vaccine - first dose 3–5 months DTaP-IPV---second dose Pneumococcal Vaccine - second dose 6 months Hepatitis B vaccine---third dose DTaP-IPV---third dose Pneumococcal Vaccine - third dose 12 months MMR vaccine, a vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella---first dose Varicella vaccine, a vaccine against chickenpox---first dose Pneumococcal Vaccine - booster dose 18 months DTaP-IPV---booster dose 6 years (Primary 1) MMRV vaccine--- a combined MMR and varicella vaccine given in one jab---second dose DTaP-IPV---booster dose 10-11 years (Primary 5) HPV vaccine--- first dose (female only) 11–12 years (Primary 6) dTap-IPV (reduced dose)---booster dose HPV vaccine--- second dose (female only)
References http://www.fhs.gov.hk/english/main_ser/child_health/child_health_recommend.html http://www.fmshk.org/database/articles/005sf1.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140724211757/http://www.fhs.gov.hk/english/main_ser/child_health/files/record_card.pdf Basic Principles in Biology (book 3), Y.K.To Advanced-level Biology for Hong Kong (volume 4), Y.K.Ho