Proposal to add 2 more vaccines to the Expanded Immunization Program

The Ministry of Health proposes to include pneumococcal vaccine and cervical cancer vaccine in the Expanded Immunization Program.

The above proposal was made by the Ministry of Health in the draft Circular promulgating the list of infectious diseases, subjects and scope of mandatory use of vaccines and medical biological products.

In the draft, the Ministry of Health proposed the List of infectious diseases and subjects required to use vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program as follows:

TT	Diseases infectious	Vaccine	Object
1	Hepatitis B virus	Monovalent hepatitis B vaccine	Newborn
		Combination vaccines containing hepatitis B component	Children
2	Tuberculosis	Tuberculosis vaccine	Children
3	Diphtheria	Combination vaccine containing diphtheria component	Children
		Combined vaccine containing reduced dose diphtheria component	Children
4	Whooping cough	Combination vaccines contain ingredients whooping cough	Children
5	bending disease board	Combination vaccine containing tetanus component	Children
		Tetanus-containing vaccines for pregnant women	Pregnant women
6	Polio	Oral polio vaccine	Children
		Injectable polio vaccine	Children
7	Haemophilus influenzae type b disease	Monovalent Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine or combination vaccine containing Haemophilus influenzae type b component	Children
8	Measles	Vaccines containing measles	Children
		Combination vaccines containing measles component	Children
9	Japanese encephalitis B	Japanese encephalitis B vaccine	Children
10	Rubella	Combination vaccine containing rubella component	Children
11	Rotavirus diarrhea	Rota Vaccine	Children
12	Pneumococcal disease	Pneumococcal vaccine	Children
13	Cervical cancer	Cervical cancer vaccine	Children

Vaccination schedules for vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program are implemented according to the instructions of the Ministry of Health.

According to Circular No. 10/2024/TT-BYT , there are 11 infectious diseases that require vaccination, including: 1- Hepatitis B; 2- Tuberculosis; 3- Diphtheria; 4- Whooping cough; 5- Tetanus; 6- Polio; 7- Disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b; 8- Measles; 9- Japanese encephalitis B; 10- Rubella; 11- Diarrhea caused by Rota virus.

The draft clearly states that vaccines in the above list are deployed nationwide for children and pregnant women in the Expanded Immunization Program . For Pneumococcal vaccine and cervical cancer vaccine are deployed according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health on the basis of Resolution No. 104/NQ-CP dated August 15, 2022 of the Government on the roadmap to increase the number of vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program for the period 2021-2030 and resources of the central and local levels.

Regarding the roadmap to increase the number of vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program for the period 2021 - 2030, according to Resolution No. 104/NQ-CP dated August 15, 2022 of the Government, introducing vaccines to prevent rotavirus disease from 2022, vaccines to prevent pneumococcal disease from 2025, vaccines to prevent cervical cancer from 2026 and vaccines to prevent seasonal flu from 2030...

Please read the full draft and give your comments here.