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Vaccine Preventable Disease

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National Immunization Schedule

Age

Vaccines given

Birth

Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG), Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)-0 dose, Hepatitis B birth dose

 

6 Weeks

OPV-1, Pentavalent-1, Rotavirus Vaccine (RVV)-1, Fractional dose of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (fIPV)-1, Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) -1*

10 weeks

OPV-2, Pentavalent-2, RVV-2

14 weeks

OPV-3, Pentavalent-3, fIPV-2, RVV-3, PCV-2*

9-12

months

Measles & Rubella (MR)-1, JE-1** , PCV-Booster*

16-24

months

MR-2, JE-2**, Diphtheria, Pertussis & Tetanus (DPT)-Booster-1, OPV –

Booster

5-6 years

DPT-Booster-2

10 years

Tetan us & adult Diphtheria (Td)

16 years

Td

Pregnant Mother

Td-1, Td-2 or Td-Booster***

* PCV in selected states/districts: Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh (selected districts) and Rajasthan; in Haryana as state initiative

** JE in endemic districts only

*** One dose if previously vaccinated within 3 years

National Immunization Schedule (NIS) for Infants, Children and Pregnant Women (Vaccine-wise)

Vaccine

When to

give

Dose

Route

Site

For Pregnant Women

Tetanus

Early in

0.5 ml

Intra-muscular

Upper Arm

& adult

pregnan

 

 

 

Diphthe

cy

 

 

 

ria

 

 

 

 

(Td)- 1

 

 

 

 

Td-2

4 weeks after Td-

1

0.5 ml

Intra-muscular

Upper Arm

Td- Booster

If

received 2 TT/Td doses in a

pregnan cy

within the last 3

years*

0.5 ml

Intra-muscular

Upper Arm

For Infants

Bacillus

Calmett

At birth

or as

0.1m

l

Intra-dermal

Left Upper Arm

e Guerin

early as

(0.0

 

 

(BCG)

possible till one year of age

5ml until 1

mon

 

 

 

 

th

 

 

 

 

age)

 

 

Hepatiti

At birth or as early as

possible within 24

hours

0.5 ml

Intra-muscular

Antero-

s B -

 

 

lateral side of

Birth dose

 

 

mid- thigh

Oral Polio

At birth

or as early as

2

drops

Oral

Oral

Vaccine (OPV)-0

possible within the first 15

days

 

 

 

OPV 1, 2

& 3

At 6

weeks, 10

weeks & 14

weeks (OPV

can be given till 5 years

of age)

2

drops

Oral

Oral

Pent aval ent 1, 2

& 3

At 6

weeks, 10

weeks & 14 weeks (can be

given till

one year of age)

0.5 ml

Intra-muscular

Antero- lateral side of mid- thigh

Pneu

Two

0.5 ml

Intra-muscular

Antero-

moco

primary

 

 

lateral side of

ccal

doses at

 

 

mid- thigh

Conju

6 and 14

 

 

 

gate

weeks

 

 

 

Vacci ne(PC V)

followed by

Booster dose at 9-12

months

 

 

 

Rotavirus (RVV)

At 6

weeks, 10

weeks

5

d r o p s (

li q u i

d

Oral

Oral

 

& 14

 

 

 

weeks

 

 

 

(can be

 

 

 

given till

 

 

 

one year

 

 

 

of age)

 

 

 

 

v a c c i n e

)

2.5 ml (lyoph ilized vaccin e)

 

 

Inactivate

Two

fraction al dose at 6 and

14

weeks of

age

0.1 ml

Intra dermal two

Intra-dermal:

d Polio

 

fractional dose

Right upper

Vaccine

 

 

arm

(IPV)

 

 

 

Measle

s

9

comple

0.5 ml

Sub-cutaneous

Right upper Arm

Rubella

ted

 

 

 

(MR)

months

 

 

 

1st dose

-12

months

.

 

 

 

 

(Measl

 

 

 

 

es can

 

 

 

 

be

 

 

 

 

given till

 

 

 

 

5 years

 

 

 

 

of age)

 

 

 

Vaccine

When to

give

Dose

Route

Site

Japanes e Encepha litis (JE)

- 1

9

com plet ed mo nths

-12

mo nths

.

0.5 ml

 

Sub-cutaneous

(Live attenuated vaccine)

 

 

Intramuscular(Kill ed vaccine)

 

Left             upper

Arm                (Live attenuated vaccine) Anterolate ral aspect of         mid thigh

 

 

 

 

(Killed vaccine)

Vita min A

(1st dose

)

At 9 comple ted months with measle s-

Rubella

1 ml

( 1

lakh IU)

Oral

Oral

For Children

Dipht heria, Pertus sis & Tetan us

(DPT)

booste r-1

16-24

months

0.5 ml

Intra-muscular

Antero-lateral side of mid- thigh

MR 2nd

dose

16-24

months

0.5 ml

Sub-cutaneous

Right upper Arm

OPV

Booster

16-24

months

2

drops

Oral

Oral

JE-2

16-24

months

0.5 ml

 

Sub-cutaneous

(Live attenuated vaccine)

 

 

Intramuscular(Kill ed vaccine)

 

Left             upper

Arm                (Live attenuated vaccine) Anterolate ral aspect of         mid thigh

(Killed vaccine)

Vitamin A

(2nd to 9th dose)

16-18

months. Then one dose

every 6 months

up to the

age of 5 years.

2 ml

(2

lakh IU)

Oral

Oral

DPT

Booster-2

5-6 years

0.5

ml.

Intra-muscular

Upper Arm

Td

10 years

& 16 years

0.5 ml

Intra-muscular

Upper Arm

*One dose if previously vaccinated within 3 years Note:

·       JE Vaccine is introduced in select endemic districts after the campaign.

·       The 2nd to 9th doses of Vitamin A can be administered to children 1-5 years old during biannual rounds, in collaboration with ICDS.

·       PCV in selected states/districts: Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh (selected districts), and in Haryana as state initiative

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