Vaccination
Vaccination
Vaccines and Immunization Practices recommended immunization of children until the age of 18 years based on the recent evidence of the licensed vaccines in the country.
Two doses of measles mumps rubella at 9 and 15 months of age, and no standalone measles vaccine at 9 months
Single dose administration of live attenuated H2 strain hepatitis A vaccine, or two doses of inactivated (killed) hepatitis A vaccine
New slot at 9-12 months for typhoid conjugate vaccine for primary immunization
Two doses of human papillomavirus vaccines with a minimum interval of 6 months between doses of primary schedule of adolescent/preadolescent girls aged 9-14 years.
Abbreviations:
BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin
OPV: Oral poliovirus vaccine
DTwP: Diphtheria, tetanus, whole cell Pertussis
DT: Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids
TT: Tetanus toxoid
Hep B: Hepatitis B vaccine
MMR: Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine
Hib: Hemophilus influenzae Type ‘b’ Vaccine
IPV: Inactivated poliovirus vaccine
Td: Tetanus, reduced dose diphtheria toxoid
HPV: Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine
PCV: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
TdaP: Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids and a Cellular Pertussis Vaccine