Immunization Schedule as recommended by Indian doctors.

August 16, 2006

Immunization Schedule As recommended by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics http://www.healthorchid.com/Content/consumer/immunization_schedule_c.asp Vaccine Time of Administration Due Date BCG At Birth OPV (1) + HEPATITIS B (1) At Birth HEPATITIS B (2) 4 Weeks DTP (1) + OPV (2) + HIB (1) 8 Weeks DTP (2) + OPV (3) + HIB (2) 12-14 Weeks DTP (3) + OPV (4) + HIB (3) 18-20 Weeks MEASLES + OPV + HEP B (3) 8 - 9 Months CHICKEN-POX (Optional) 12-18 Months MMR 15-18 Months HIB (Booster) 15-18 Months DTP +

OPV (1st Booster) 18-24 Months HEPATITIS- A VACCINE (Optional) 2 Years TYPHOID injection 3 Years DTP + OPV (2nd Booster) 5 Years HEPATITIS - A (Recommended, If not given earlier) 5 Years M.M.R (unless both Measles & MMR have been given) 5 Years TYPHOID ORAL 6 Years TYPHOID ORAL 9 Years TETANUS 10 Years CHICKEN POX VACCINE ( Recommended

if vaccine has not been administered earlier / no past history of chicken-pox) 10 Years TYPHOID ORAL 12 Years TETANUS TOXOID (T.T.) 16 Years DTP Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping Cough) OPV Oral Polio Vaccine MMR Measles, Mumps, Rubella (German Measles) BCG Tuberculosis Vaccine HIB Hemophilus

Influenza B Vaccine (Meningitis Vaccine) HEP B Hepatitis B Vaccine Varicella Vaccine Chicken Pox Vaccine "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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