Vaccines recommended by Indian Medical Council.

August 16, 2006

RECOMMENDED IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE FOLLOWED IN INDIA Sl No. Age Disease Vaccination Remarks 1 AT BIRTH HEPATITIS B HEP B VACCINE -I 2 AT BIRTH POLIO ORAL PV 0 DOSE 3 BIRTH TO 6 WK TUBERCULOSIS BCG 4 4 -6 WEEKS HEPATITIS B HEP B VACCINE -II 5 6 WEEKS DIPHTHERIAPERTUSISTETANUSPOLIO DPT-IOPV -I 6 10 WK DIPHTHERIAPERTUSISTETANUSPOLIOHEPATITIS B DPT-IIOPV-IIHEP B VACCINE III* *DELHI GOVT RECOMMENDATION 7 14 WEEKS DIPHTHERIAPERTUSISTETANUSPOLIO DPT-IIIOPV- IIIHEP B VACCINE IV* *DELHI GOVT RECOMMENDATION 8 24 WEEKS HEPATITIS B HEP B VACCINE III* *IAP RECOMMENDATION 9 9 -12MTHS POLIOMEASLES OPV-IVMEASLES 10 15-18 MTHS MUMPSMEASELESRUBELLA MMR* 11 18 MTHS DIPHTHERIAPERTUSISTETANUSPOLIO DPT –BOOSTER IOPV –V *RECOMMENDED BY DELHI GOVT & IAP ONLY 12 24 MTHS TYPHOID TYPHOID* *IAP RECOMMENDATION 13 4-5 YR DIPHTHERIAPERTUSISTETANUSPOLIO DPT BOOSTER – IIOPV -VI OTHER AVAILABLE VACCINES 14 6 WEEKS H influenza B HiB *IAP RECOMMENDATION 15 10 WK H influenza B HiB 16 14 WK H influenza B HiB *IAP RECOMMENDATION 17 18 MTHS H influenza B HiB *IAP RECOMMENDATION 18 24 MTHS HEPATITIS A H A VACCINE-I SUGGESTED VACCINATION 19 30 MTHS HEPATITIS A H A VACCINE -II SUGGESTED VACCINATION 20 12 MTHS CHICKENPOX VARICELLA VACCINE SUGGESTED VACCINATION 21 24 MTHS MENINGOCOCCAL A & C MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE SUGGESTED VACCINATION 22 12 MTHS PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES 23 12 MTHS INFLUENZA INFLUENZA VACCINE IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ON GOING VACCINATIONS 24 10 YEARS TETANUS TT EVERY FIVE YEARS 25 5 YEARS TYPHOID TYPHOID EVERY THREE YEARS 26 5 YEARS MENINGOCOCCAL A & C MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE EVERY THREE YEARS 27 NID’S & SNID’S POLIO ERADICATION PULSE POLIO AS PER GOVT DIRECTIVES IMPORTANT: NO VACCINE IS 100 % EFFECTIVE; PLEASE CHECK THE EFFICACY OF INDIVDUAL VACCINES BEFORE IMMUNIZATION. MINOR UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS ARE NO CONTRAINDICATIONS OF IMMUNIZATIONS. TWO LIVE VACCINES SHOULD BE GIVEN EITHER SIMULTANEOUSLY AT DIFFERENT SITE AT THE SAME SITTING OR AT LEAST ONE MONTH APART. VACCINATION SCHEDULES DIFFER IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS. PULSE POLIO VACCINATIONS / OTHER IMMUNIZATIONS ON NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAYS ARE DIFFERENT FROM ROUTINE VACCINATIONS AND SHOULD BE FOLLOWED AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST. FOLLOW POST VACCINATION INSTRUCTIONS AS ADVISED, AND

REPORT ADVERSE REACTIONS IF ANY, IMMEDIATELY. http://www.imanational.com/PH0.htm "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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