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Vaccination Saves Lives

Hope you read my harrowing experience as a result of boycotting vaccination for my baby in Top 10 Reasons to Vaccinate your Child.

Now that you know the importance of vaccination, it is equally important to know the vaccination schedule for the proper timing of the vaccination.

The IAP has recently updated its vaccination schedule with many of vaccines which werenâ€™t compulsory before.

S.No	Vaccine	Fights Against	Â Age for Dose 1	Dose 2	Â Dose 3	Booster1		Booster 2
1	BCG	TB	Birth
2	HepB	Hepatitis B	Birth	6 weeks	6 Months
3	OPV	Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Polio	Birth	6 Months	9 Months		Additional Doses of OPV on all Supplementary Immunisation Activities
	IPV	Polio	6 weeks	10 weeks	14 weeks	16-18 Months
4	DTP	Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis	6 weeks	10 weeks	14 weeks	16-18 Months		3 years (Booster 2)
5	Hib	Infections caused by Haemophilus Influenza Bacteria	6 weeks	10 weeks	14 weeks	16-18 Months
6	PCV	Pneumonia	6 weeks	10 weeks	14 weeks	15 Months
7	RV	Severe Diarrheal Disease	6 weeks	10 weeks	14 weeks
8	Typhoid	Typhoid Fever, Diarrhea	9 months	15 months (Booster 1)
9	MMR	Measles, Mumps & Rubella	9 months	15 months	4-6 years of age
10	Varicella	Chickenpox	1 year	15 months
11	HepA	Liver disease	1 year	18 months
12	Tdap	Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis	10 years

Polio Vaccine

All doses of IPV may be replaced with OPV if administration of the former is unfeasible.

Additional doses of OPV on all supplementary immunization activities (SIAs)

Two doses of IPV instead of 3 for primary series if started at 8 weeks, and 8 weeks interval between the doses

No child should leave the facility without polio immunization (IPV or OPV), if indicated by the schedule

Rotavirus Vaccine

2 doses of RV to be given
RV should be employed in 10 & 14 week schedule, 10 & 14 week schedule of RV is found to be more immunogenic than 6 & 10 week schedule.
If RV is chosen, the first dose should be given at 10 weeks.
If RV is chosen, the 2nd dose should be given at 14 weeks

Hepatitis-B

The final (3rd or 4th ) dose in the HepB vaccine series should be administered no earlier than age 24 weeks and at least 16 weeks after the first dose.

MMR

Measles-containing vaccine ideally should not be administered before completing 270 days or 9 months of life.
The 2nd dose must follow in 2nd year of life.
No need to give stand-alone measles vaccine.
The 2nd dose must follow in 2nd year of life.
However, it can be given at anytime 4-8 weeks after the 1st dose.

HPV

Only 2 doses of either of the two HPV vaccines for adolescent/preadolescent girls aged 9-14 years;
For girls 15 years and older, and immunocompromised individuals 3 doses are recommended
For two-dose schedule, the minimum interval between doses should be 6 months.
For 3 dose schedule, the doses can be administered at 0, 1-2 (depending on brand) and 6 months

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