Sunday, November 1, 2009

Vaccination Schedule -- India.

At Birth
BCG -- This vaccine site should bulge or come up as a mark within a month of its administration, the typical teeka maccha for Indian kids. We need to inform the doctor if the site does not show any change after a month or so.
OPV0 -- oral polio vaccine
Hepatitis B1

(got it done 3rd day of life)
*****

6 Weeks
DPTw1/DPTa1
OPV1/IPV1
Hepatitis B2
Hib1

(Got the combo vaccine Pentaxim which was supposedly the fever-less vaccine with IPV HIB, TT and all put together for 5 diseases -- It was purely personal choice, please follow your doctor's advise).. so it was just 2 needle pricks for her, instead of 4 or 3 on both the thighs.

*****

10 Weeks
DPTw2/DPTa2
OPV2/IPV2
Hib2

(Got the combo vaccine Pentaxim which was supposedly the fever-less vaccine with IPV HIB, TT and all put together for 5 diseases -- It was purely personal choice, please follow your doctor's advise).. so it was just 1 needle prick for her, instead of 3 on both the thighs..
*****

14 Weeks

DPTw3/DPTa3
OPV3/IPV3
Hepatitis B3
Hib3
(Got the combo vaccine Pentaxim which was supposedly the fever-less vaccine with IPV HIB, TT and all put together for 5 diseases -- It was purely personal choice, please follow your doctor's advise).. so it was just 2 needle pricks for her, instead of 4 or 3 on both the thighs.

9 Months
Measles/OPV

1 Year
Chicken Pox
Hepatitis A first dose (optional).

15-18 Months
DPT wB1/DPT aB1 (booster dose)
OPV B1/IPV
HIB B1 (booster dose)
MMR -- Measels/mumps/rubella
Hepatitis A 2nd dose (optional)

2 years
Typhoid 1st dose

5 years
DPT wB2/DPT aB2
OPV B2/MMR
Typhoid 2nd dose

10 Years
TT 3rd Booster

15 Years

TT 4th Booster

Also, there are some optional vaccines
ROTARIX between 2 to 6 months... 2 doses (liquid drops). Got this done.
Varicella vaccine -- less than 15 months of age
Hepatitis A
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine -- greater than 6 months of age.
Prevenar -- consult doctor for dosages

Different doctors have different approaches and treatment, so consult and discuss with your pediatrician and get his/her opinion before going ahead with any choice. Some conservative physicians do not prefer the combination vaccines and some do not inform all the parents because of the price factor as they are slightly on the expensive side for the fear of an allegation of minting money and let us know only if we can afford it.

Combination or single, all of them have the same effect.. claiming fever-less and painless and all is secondary, the fact is that the child gets immunized properly.

1 comment:

  1. Hi
    I want to know if it is a mandatory practice for all hospitals to give hepatitis B injection to baby within 12 hours of its birth.
    What if they have forgotten to give it to baby.
    Please advise
    Regards
    Vishal Periwal

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