Routine Vaccination Completion

To protect against serious and potentially dangerous diseases, children are vaccinated first at the Family Care Centers and then in schools according to the birth-to-18 immunization schedule. If your child did not receive all of the scheduled vaccines, it is strongly recommended that they complete them. The schedule should be completed as soon as possible, at school or at the vaccination centers in local health bureaus.

Immunizations that must be completed

• Hepatitis A vaccine.
• Hepatitis B vaccine.
• Vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, and polio (inactivated).
• MMRV vaccine: for measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox.
• Chickenpox vaccine: anyone who received the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella without chickenpox.

Where can you complete the immunization schedule?

• Up to ninth grade: the vaccinations will be administered by the healthcare provider at school, free of charge. For information, contact the school nurse.
• Tenth grade and up to the age of 18: vaccinations will be administered in the vaccination clinics in local health bureaus (Hebrew) free of charge. To schedule an appointment, call the Ministry of Health hotline at *5400.