Vaccinations
Find information about nationally recommended vaccines for children and adults in Singapore.
Last updated 22 May 2026
National Childhood Immunisation Schedule
The National Childhood Immunisation Schedule (NCIS) comprises childhood vaccinations recommended as the standard of care for protection against vaccine preventable diseases that are of significant healthcare burden to Singapore or would be so without these vaccinations.
In consultation with the Expert Committee on Immunisation (ECI), the Ministry of Health regularly reviews vaccination policies and inclusion of vaccines into the schedule, taking into consideration local disease burden, vaccine safety, efficacy and cost effectiveness of the vaccines. This ensures that the national recommendations for childhood vaccination are up to date.
The NCIS covers vaccinations against 14 diseases - tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliovirus, Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chickenpox), pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus and influenza.
Of these, vaccinations against measles and diphtheria are compulsory for children under the Infectious Diseases Act.
Table 1: National Childhood Immunisation Schedule
Vaccine | Birth | 2 months | 4 months | 6 months | 12 months | 15 months | 18 months | 2-4 years | 5-9 years | 10-11 years | 12-13 years | 13-14 years | 15-17 years |
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) | D1 | ||||||||||||
Hepatitis B (HepB) | D1 | D2 | D3 | ||||||||||
Diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (paediatric) (DTaP) | D1 | D2 | D3 | B1 | |||||||||
Tetanus, reduced diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) | B2 | ||||||||||||
Inactivated poliovirus (IPV) | D1 | D2 | D3 | B1 | B2 | ||||||||
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) | D1 | D2 | D3 | B1 | |||||||||
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) | D1 | D2 | B1 | ||||||||||
Pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPSV23) | One or two doses for children and adolescents age 2-17 years with specific medical condition or indication. | ||||||||||||
Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) | D1 | D2 | |||||||||||
Varicella (VAR) | D1 | D2 | |||||||||||
Human papillomavirus (HPV2) | D1 (Females) | D2 (Females) | |||||||||||
Influenza (INF) | Annual vaccination or per season for all children age 6 months to <5 years (6-59 months). | Annual vaccination or per season for children and adolescents age 5-17 years with specific medical condition or indication. | |||||||||||
Footnotes:
D1, D2, D3: Dose 1, dose 2, dose 3
B1, B2: Booster 1, booster 2
10-11, 12-13, 13-14 years: Primary 5, Secondary 1, Secondary 2 (Tdap, IPV, HPV (for females) and MMR (as catch-up) vaccines are provided as part of Health Promotion Board’s school-based vaccination programme)
HepB: Doses 2 and 3 are recommended to be given as part of the 6-in-1 vaccine at 2 and 6 months, respectively
MMR: Only the dose 2 is recommended to be given as part of the MMRV vaccine
Download PDF version of the NCIS and details of the recommendations.
National Adult Immunisation Schedule
The National Adult Immunisation Schedule (NAIS) was established in November 2017 to provide guidance on vaccinations that persons age 18 years or older should adopt to protect themselves against vaccine-preventable diseases.
Certain adults are at increased risk of complications or susceptible to vaccine preventable diseases if they have not previously received the vaccination and are in contact with individuals who have the infection. Vaccinations recommended under the NAIS aim to prevent such infections among susceptible individuals and reduce complications, morbidity and mortality.
The NAIS was developed based on international best practice and the recommendations of the ECI. Considerations include:
Local disease burden;
Age, occupation, pre-existing medical conditions, vaccination history; and
Vaccine safety, efficacy and cost effectiveness of the vaccines in preventing infections among susceptible individuals and reducing complications, morbidity and mortality.
The vaccines in the NAIS protect against 12 diseases - Influenza, pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, varicella (chickenpox) and shingles.
Table 2: National Adult Immunisation Schedule
Download PDF version of the NAIS and details of the recommendations.
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