Proposal to add two more vaccines to the Expanded Immunization Program.

(Chinhphu.vn) - The Ministry of Health has proposed including pneumococcal vaccines and cervical cancer vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program.

The Ministry of Health proposes including pneumococcal vaccines and cervical cancer vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program.

The above proposal was put forward 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 proposes the following list of infectious diseases and subjects required to receive vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program:

TT	Diseases infectious	Vaccine	Object
1	Hepatitis B virus	Hepatitis B vaccine at a single price	Newborns
		Combination vaccines contain a hepatitis B component.	Children
2	Tuberculosis	Tuberculosis vaccine	Children
3	Diphtheria	Combination vaccine containing diphtheria component	Children
		Combination vaccine containing a reduced-dose diphtheria component.	Children
4	Whooping cough	Combination vaccines contain components whooping cough	Children
5	Bending disease board	Combination vaccines containing a tetanus component.	Children
		The vaccine contains a tetanus component for pregnant women.	Pregnant women
6	Polio	Oral polio vaccine	Children
		Injectable polio vaccine	Children
7	Disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b	Monovalent Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine or combination vaccine containing Haemophilus influenzae type b component.	Children
8	Measles	The vaccine contains a measles component.	Children
		Combination vaccines containing measles components	Children
9	Japanese encephalitis B	Japanese Encephalitis B Vaccine	Children
10	Rubella	Combination vaccines containing rubella components	Children
11	Rotavirus diarrhea	Rotavirus vaccine	Children
12	Pneumococcal disease	Pneumococcal vaccine	Children
13	Cervical cancer	Vaccine to prevent cervical cancer	Children

The vaccination schedule for vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program follows the guidelines of the Ministry of Health.

According to Circular No. 10/2024/TT-BYT , there are 11 infectious diseases for which vaccination is mandatory, including: 1- Hepatitis B; 2- Tuberculosis; 3- Diphtheria; 4- Pertussis (whooping cough); 5- Tetanus; 6- Polio; 7- Haemophilus influenzae type b; 8- Measles; 9- Japanese encephalitis B; 10- Rubella; 11- Rotavirus diarrhea.

The draft clearly states that vaccines on the aforementioned list will be deployed nationwide for children and pregnant women within the Expanded Immunization Program . Regarding... The pneumococcal vaccine and the cervical cancer vaccine will be implemented according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, based on Government Resolution No. 104/NQ-CP dated August 15, 2022, on the roadmap for increasing the number of vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program for the period 2021-2030 , and the resources of the central and local governments.

Regarding the roadmap for increasing 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, the rotavirus vaccine will be introduced from 2022, the pneumococcal vaccine from 2025, the cervical cancer vaccine from 2026, and the seasonal influenza vaccine from 2030…

Readers are invited to view the full draft and provide feedback here.