Age |
Vaccine Type |
Route of Administration |
Pregnant mother |
• Two doses of Tetanus Toxoid vaccine in the fifth and the seventh months of the first pregnancy
• One dose of Tetanus Toxoid vaccine in the seventh month for each following pregnancy next to the previous vaccination
|
• IM injection in deltoid muscle |
First day of child birth |
• First dose of OPV vaccine (Types 1, 2 and 3)
• First dose of Viral Hepatitis B vaccine
• First dose is given at hospitals and maternity centres
|
• Two drops oral sabin
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
|
End of the second month |
• Second dose of OPV vaccine (Types 1, 2 and 3)
• Second dose of Viral Hepatitis B vaccine
• First dose of Triple (DPT) vaccine (Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus)
• First dose of Haemophilus Influenzae B vaccine
|
• Two drops oral sabin
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
|
End of the third month |
• Tuberculosis vaccine (BCG) |
• Intradermal injection in the upper lateral part of the left arm |
End of the fourth month |
• Third dose of OPV vaccine (Types 1, 2 and 3)
• Second dose of Triple (DPT) vaccine (Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus)
• Second dose of Haemophilus Influenzae B vaccine
|
• Two drops oral sabin
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
|
End of the sixth month |
• Fourth dose of OPV vaccine (Types 1, 2 and 3)
• Third dose of Triple (DPT) vaccine (Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus)
• Third dose of Haemophilus Influenzae B vaccine
• Third dose of Viral Hepatitis B vaccine
|
• Two drops oral sabin
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
|
One year old |
• First dose of MMR vaccine (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) |
• SC injection in the outer aspect of the upper arm |
The Eighteenth Month |
• Booster dose of OPV vaccine
• Booster dose of Triple (DPT) vaccine (Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus)
• Booster dose of Haemophilus Influenzae B vaccine
|
• Two drops oral sabin
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
• IM injection in the anterolateral thigh
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