Lost your vaccination record? What to do in Belgium
30 July 2026 · 4 min read
Losing your paper vaccination card is more common than you would think — and rarely permanent. Belgium records vaccinations in far more places than you might expect: electronic registries, your medical record, school, occupational medicine, the pharmacy… Here is every lead, in the most effective order.
Start with MaSanté, the federal portal
Log in at masante.belgique.be with your eID or itsme, then open "Ma santé" → "Mes vaccins": you will see the electronically registered vaccinations, injection by injection. There is also an official MaSanté mobile app (iOS and Android), which also shows your children's data up to age 16. Worth knowing: MaSanté stores nothing itself — it gathers what the regional registries have recorded.
The regional portals show the same — sometimes faster
Each region has its health network: the Réseau Santé Wallon in Wallonia, the Brussels Health Network in Brussels (your vaccination summary is available there within 48 hours, downloadable in FR, NL or EN), and mijngezondheid.be in Flanders, fed by Vitalink. In Flanders, children's vaccinations have been recorded digitally since the late 1990s and the Vaccinnet registry has run since 2006 — older vaccines will not be in there.
Ask your GP
Your family doctor usually keeps your vaccination history in your Global Medical Record. It is the most complete source for vaccines given before electronic registries existed — and your doctor can also query the regional registries for you.
School may have the answer
School health services keep a record of every vaccination they give: the CLB in Flanders holds a file per pupil (kept at least ten years after the last contact), and the PSE services in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation record their vaccinations in the central registry. For your childhood or teenage vaccines, this is a valuable lead.
Vaccinated at work? Think occupational medicine
If you work in healthcare, hepatitis B vaccination has been mandatory since 1999 for many roles — administered by the occupational physician. Your external prevention service (Mensura, Liantis, Cohezio, IDEWE…) keeps those records: one email is often enough to get a copy.
The pharmacy keeps a trace longer than you think
The Shared Pharmaceutical Record keeps dispensed vaccines for ten years — versus one year for other medicines, precisely for continuity of care. Your regular pharmacy can therefore find which vaccine was dispensed to you, and when.
Your health insurer, to cross-check dates
Vaccine reimbursements appear on your mutuelle / ziekenfonds statements. They are not proof of vaccination, but they help recover what and when — useful to corroborate the other sources.
Two special cases: polio and vaccines received abroad
Polio is the only legally mandatory vaccine in Belgium: its certificate was filed with your commune of birth, which keeps a record. And if you were vaccinated abroad, bring your certificates to your Belgian doctor — they can have them registered with the supporting documents.
Found nothing at all? Your doctor will help you restart
If no source lets you rebuild your history, book an appointment with your doctor: they will work out how to get you back on track. Good to know: they can issue you a new vaccination card at your next vaccination.
Then never lose anything again: go digital
Once the information is recovered, a digital record spares you this treasure hunt forever — which is exactly what emmunity does: the whole family's vaccines in one place, with automatic reminders, available even offline.
Frequently asked questions
Are my COVID vaccines in MaSanté?
Yes. COVID vaccinations were recorded in the regional registries and appear under "My vaccines" on MaSanté, like other electronically registered vaccinations.
How far back does the online data go?
The electronic registries mostly cover recent vaccinations: in Flanders, children's vaccines have been recorded since the late 1990s and Vaccinnet has existed since 2006. For older vaccines, go through your doctor, school or occupational medicine.
Can I get a new paper card?
Yes. Your doctor can issue you a new vaccination card at your next vaccination and copy the recovered history into it.
I was vaccinated abroad: how do I add it to my Belgian record?
Bring your foreign certificates (date, country, product name, batch number if possible) to your Belgian doctor: they can have those vaccinations entered in the registries.