Essential information about vaccines The first year of a baby in Turkey

Vaccines are essential for parents to follow and respect because they protect the child against serious diseases such as hepatitis and tuberculosis.

Turkish hospitals provide a map of vaccines after the first vaccination done by the baby, which indicates the appropriate vaccinations with spaces to record the dates of the vaccine, make sure to ask for this card and keep it.

Vaccines by age of infant

At birth Your child should receive the first level of Hepatit B Aşısı, then the second level is given at the end. the first month From the age of the baby.

At the end The second month The infant must receive the first level against tuberculosis (BCG) and the first level of the vaccine "DaBT-İPA-HİB" as well as pneumococcal vaccine (KPA).

At this stage, the child is vaccinated against diphtheria, whooping cough (Aselüler Boğmaca), Tetanoz, polio (İnaktif polio) and hemophilus influenzae (Hemofilus İnfluenza Tip B).

At the end The fourth month The second previous vaccines (DaBT-İPA-HİB and KPA) are given to the child.

At the end The sixth month The child is vaccinated at level 3 (Hepatit B, DaBT-İPA-HİB and KPA), as well as the poliomyelitis vaccine (OPA).

At the end Twelfth month (KPA) and the first measles, rubella and mumps (KKK) vaccine, as well as the first smallpox vaccine (Suçiçeği).

Table of vaccines by the Turkish Ministry of Health

Migrant health centers in different governorates in Turkey provide free vaccination services.

You can find the nearest center by following the link below.

In the same context, UNICEF statistics indicate that vaccination saves the lives of 2 to 3 million people each year, with vaccines playing a central role in the fight against preventable child deaths.

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