The immunisation schedule, included in the National Vaccine Plan (PNPV) 2017-2019 and approved by the State-Regions Conference in the Agreement of January 19, 2017, was included in the Ministerial Decree on basic levels of care (LEA). Subsequently, the vaccination law made 10 vaccines mandatory for children under 16 years of age and strongly recommended 4 other vaccines, to be offered actively and free of charge. However, the PNPV 2017-2019 states that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for 11-year-olds and the MenACWY vaccine for teenagers are also to be offered actively and free of charge, as they both play an important role within an immunisation framework aimed at protecting the population all the way to old age, either through periodic boosters or through vaccines specifically recommended for older people.
The following vaccinations are offered actively and free of charge by the SSN (Italian National Health Service):
The PNPV 2017-2019 also envisages offering vaccination to several other categories of people, according to specific risk conditions.
The vaccination law increased the number of mandatory vaccines for children under 16 years of age from 4 to 10, depending on the year of birth. The anti-varicella (chicken pox) vaccine is mandatory only for children born from 2017 onwards. A summary table is set out below.
Vaccination \ Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Polio | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Diphtheria | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Tetanus | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Hepatitis B | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Pertussis | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Hib disease | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Measles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Rubella | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Mumps | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Data di ultimo aggiornamento 1 march 2021