| Birth or soon after: | BCG (ÁÖÆ) |
| 2 months: | DPT or DT (ÀÊÄÑ or ÀÄÑ)
and OP (ÎÏÂ) |
| 3 months: | same as 2 months |
| 4 months: | same if DPT has been given if DT has been used,
then OP alone |
| 12 months: | DT and OP (if following the DT protocol) |
| 18 months: | DTP and OP (if following the DTP protocol)
called Ð1ÀÊÄÑ |
| 12 – 15 months: | Measles (ÆÊÂ) |
| 12 – 15 months: | Mumps (ÆÏÂ) (given two months after measles) |
| 24 months: | OP |
| 6 years: | Re-vaccination of DT, last OPV, boosters for mumps and measles |
note: ÀÄÑ-Ì is a variant of ÀÄÑ with a lesser degree of diphtheria antigen
Russian children receive TB skin tests yearly. If the reaction is less than 10 mm at age 7, they are re-vaccinated with BCG. The same process is repeated at age 14.
Hepatitis B vaccination is officially recommended, but is only partially funded. It is free for treatment of infants whose mothers test positive for HepBsAg, and is free for children ages 13 or 14 years. Others must pay. In some orphanages children are vaccinated against Hepatitis B. If there is a record of such vaccinations, it may generally be accepted that they have been performed with a good quality imported product.
HIB vaccine is also officially recommended, but not funded.
Note that according to the usual protocol, Rubella vaccination is not received.
Generally if parents can afford to buy western MMR, local pediatricians will administer it.
Vaccinations in practice frequently vary from the official protocol. They are often deferred or even considered contraindicated in acutely or chronically ill children. This could be the subject of a separate (but very interesting) essay.
From time to time, extra immunizations are officially mandated for epidemiological reasons. For this reason it is not uncommon to find OP immunizations in the record beyond the number that is considered sufficient.
This information is by courtesy of several Russian Pediatricians. It is not a translation of an official document. Errors would be mine.
Eric Downing, MD