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== Question ==

What information should users have on the Finnish vaccination schedule before making the decision?

== Answer ==

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is included in the Finnish vaccination schedule for children. Children are vaccinated three times, when they're 3, 5 and 12 months old.

== Rationale == 

=== Schedule for children ===

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! Age !! Vaccine protects against !! Vaccine
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|2 months || Rotavirus diarrhea || Rotavirus
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|3 months || Meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis and otitis media || Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)
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|3 months || Rotavirus diarrhea || Rotavirus
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|3 months || Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib || Pentavaccine (DTaP-IPV-Hib)
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|5 months || Meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis and otitis media || Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)
|-
|5 months || Rotavirus diarrhea || Rotavirus 
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|5 months || Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib ||(DTaP-IPV-Hib
|-
|12 months || Meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis and otitis media || Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV)  
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|12 months || Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib || Pentavaccine (DTaP-IPV-Hib)
|-
|12-18 months || Measles, mumps, rubella || MPR 
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|6 - 35 months || Seasonal influenza (annually) || Seasonal influenza
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|4 years || Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio || DTaP-IPV 
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|6 years || Measles, mumps, rubella || MPR  
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|girls 11-15 years || Cervical cancer || HPV
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|14 - 15 years || Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis || dtap 
|}

== See also ==

{{pneumococcal vaccine}}