MOH said the earlier vaccinations will help reduce the number of measles cases seen in unvaccinated children aged 15 months and below.
Under these recommendations, children will get their first dose at 12 months, instead of the previous 12 to 24 months.
The second dose will also be brought forward from six to seven years to between 15 and 18 months.
MOH said that providing the two doses at a closer interval will also ensure almost all vaccinated children are sufficiently protected against measles earlier in their lives
It added that the MMR vaccination is the most effective way to protect against measles, mumps, and rubella, which are highly contagious childhood diseases that can lead to serious complications in children and in the case of measles, even death.
The ministry advises that children who have either started or completed their vaccination with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) be given a supplemental dose of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13).
It said PCV13 contains six additional pneumococcal serotypes including the emergent serotype 19A, which can cause invasive pneumococcal disease.
This vaccine protects against pneumococcal disease, caused by the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria.
Pneumococcal infection is one of the most common causes of pneumonia and bacterial meningitis which is the infection of the membrane covering brain and spinal cord, and also middle ear infection in children.
- CNA/wk
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