What vaccines does the expanded immunization program include?

1. General information

Up to now, Vietnam's expanded immunization program is providing 12 types of vaccines, including:

1. Tuberculosis vaccine for infants (BCG)
2. Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose
3. SII vaccine (5 in 1 vaccine)
4. Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)
5. Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV)
6. Molecularly Proven Vaccine (MVac)
7. Measles-rubella vaccine (MRVac)
8. Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DPT) booster vaccine
9. Japanese encephalitis vaccine (Jevax)
10. Cholera vaccine
11. Typhoid vaccine
12. Tetanus vaccine

2. What vaccines are needed outside the expanded program?

The Expanded Program on Immunization, with the Government's humanitarian policy, has helped all Vietnamese children receive many important vaccines for free. However, these vaccines mainly focus on the first months of a child's life and basic disease prevention, and the fixed vaccination schedule of the Expanded Program on Immunization makes it difficult for many families to get their children vaccinated, which results in many children not being fully vaccinated.

In addition to the 12 vaccines included in the expanded immunization program, there are still more than 40 vaccines to prevent nearly 50 dangerous infectious diseases available at service vaccination centers such as the VNVC Children and Adult Vaccination Center System that children need to be fully vaccinated to protect their health, ensuring the foundation for both physical and mental development:

1. Vaccines to prevent pneumonia and meningitis caused by Haemophilus Influenzae type B (HiB): 6-in-1 vaccine Hexaxim (France); Infanrix Hexa (Belgium); 5-in-1 vaccine Pentaxim (France); Infanrix IPV+Hib (Belgium); Quimi-Hib (CuBa)
2. Measles, mumps, rubella vaccine: 3-in-1 vaccine MMR II (USA); MMR (India); Priorix (Belgium)
3. Chickenpox vaccine: Varivax (USA); Varicella (Korea); Varilrix (Belgium)
4. Rabies vaccine: Verorab (France); Abhayrab (India)
5. Yellow fever vaccine: Stamaril (France)
6. Vaccines to prevent acute diarrhea caused by Rotavirus: Rotarix (Belgium); Rotateq (USA); Rotavin (Vietnam)
7. Vaccines to prevent cervical cancer, anal cancer, pharyngeal cancer, vaginal cancer, vulvar cancer, precancer/dysplasia, genital warts, etc. caused by HPV: Gardasil (USA); Gardasil 9 (USA)
8. Hepatitis A vaccine: Avaxim 80U (France); Havax (Vietnam); combined hepatitis A + B vaccine Twinrix (Belgium)
9. Hepatitis B booster vaccine: Heberbiovac HB (CuBa); Gene HBvax (Vietnam); Engerix B (Belgium); Euvax B (Korea)
10. Vaccines to prevent meningococcal meningitis: VA Mengoc – BC vaccine (CuBa) prevents meningococcal bacteria types B, C; Menactra prevents meningococcal bacteria types A, C, Y, W-135
11. Influenza vaccines: Quadrivalent influenza vaccine Vaxigrip Tetra (France); Influvac Tetra (Netherlands); GC Flu Quadrivalent (Korea); Trivalent influenza vaccine Ivacflu-S (Vietnam)
12. Vaccines to prevent pneumonia, meningitis, and otitis media caused by pneumococcus: Prevenar 13 (Belgium); Synflorix (Belgium)

3. Diseases that can be prevented by expanded vaccination

Thanks to expanded immunization, children have the opportunity to be protected for free from dangerous infectious diseases such as:

1. Hepatitis B
2. Labor
3. Diphtheria
4. Whooping cough
5. Tetanus
6. Paralysis
7. Measles
8. Rubella
9. Japanese encephalitis
10. Description
11. Typhoid
12. Hib pneumonia/meningitis vaccination.

Vaccination as early as possible according to the recommendations of the Ministry of Health will significantly reduce the risk of infection, complications and mortality from these diseases.

If you are a foreigner who needs to use medical services while traveling in Vietnam, your medical benefits will be supported as Vietnamese citizens. To ensure your medical benefits are best guaranteed, you should go with an interpreter to exchange and receive information fully and effectively.

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