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A doctor talking with a mother and child in a clinic, illustrating SNS vaccination and primary care in Portugal

Getting Vaccinated in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Programa Nacional de Vacinação, the Free SNS Vaccines, the Boletim de Vacinas, Catch-Up Shots for New Residents and the Annual Flu and COVID Campaigns

Portugal runs one of the world's most comprehensive free immunisation programmes through the SNS. Here is how the Programa Nacional de Vacinação works, how new residents and their children plug into it, where the digital boletim de vacinas lives, and how the seasonal flu and COVID campaigns run.
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