It's not like the schedule changes every year! It's just that there could be certain illnesses that just got a vaccine for a certain year that medical professionals arrange data annually. Here's a compiled guide on what, when and how vaccines should be taken:
1. HEPA B VACCINE
-hepatitis B vaccine, developed for the prevention of hepatitis B infection which contains one of the viral envelope proteins, hepatitis B surface antigen
-1st dose given at birth or within 6 months after birth
-2nd dose given at around 1-2 months old, or at least 4 weeks after the first dose
-3rd dose given 6 to 18 months old
-intramuscular use
2. BCG
-Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine, a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine uberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially cultured in an artificial medium for years.
-given at birth or within the 1st 2 months
-intradermal use
3. PCV-7
-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, vaccine used to protect infants and young children against disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus)
-1st dose given around 6 weeks to 2 months old
-2nd dose given at 4 months old
-3rd dose given at 6 months old
-4th dose given at 12-15 months old
-booster shot given at around 15-18 months old
-intramuscular use
4. DTWP/DTaP/DPT
-vaccine to protects child from diphtheria, tetanus, and whole-cell/acellular pertussis (whooping cough)
-1st dose given at 2 months old
-2nd dose given at 4 months old
-3rd dose given at 6 months old
-booster shot given at 15-18 months old
-another booster given at 4-6 years if age
-intramuscular use
5. OPV/IPV
-oral polio vaccine, consists of an injected dose of inactivated (dead) poliovirus used to combat poliomyelitis (or polio)
-1st dose given at 2 months old
-2nd dose given at 4 months old
-3rd dose given at 6 months old
-booster shot given at 15-18 months old
-another booster given at 4-6 years if age
-oral use
6. ROTAVIRUS VACCINE
-protects children from rotaviruses, which are the leading cause of severe diarrhoea among infants and young children
-live attenuated rotavirus vaccine containing a rotavirus strain
-monovalent human rotavirus vaccine: 2 dose series, 1st dose given at around 6 weeks and next dose should be given at least 4 weeks, but not later than 24 weeks
-pentavalent human-bovine reassortant rotavirus vaccine: 3 dose series, 1st dose given between 6-12 weeks, subsequent doses should be administered at 4-10 week intervals, final dose should not be administered later than 32 weeks of age
-oral use
7. HiB
-Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine, a conjugate vaccine developed for the prevention of invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria
-1st dose given at 2 months old
-2nd dose given at 4 months old
-3rd dose given at 6 months old
-booster shot given at 15-18 months old
-intramuscular use
8. INFLUENZA
-injection of killed virus developed to prevent flu
-For those receiving it for the first time, two doses at four weeks apart are required. Since the flu virus changes from year to year, an annual vaccination is recommended
-intramuscular use
9. MMR
-a mixture of three live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella (also called German measles)
-1st dose given at around 9-12 months old
-2nd dose given at around 4-6 years old
-sub-cutaneous use
10. HEP A
-vaccine that contains inactivated Hepatitis A virus providing active immunity against a future infection
-1st dose given at around 12 months old
-2nd dose given at around 18-24 months old
-intramuscular use
11. VARICELLA VACCINE
-protects against the disease commonly known as chickenpox
-1st dose around 12-15 months old
-2nd dose around 4-6 years of age
-subcutaneous use
12. TYPHOID VACCINE
-vaccine used against typhoid
-1 dose given at 2 years of age
-oral use
13. MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE
-vaccine used against meningococcal disease
-1 dose given at 2 years of age
-meningococcal polysaccharidde vaccine: subcutaneous or intramuscular use
-meningococcal conjugate vaccine: intramuscular use
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The reason I included whether it's for oral, intradermal, intramuscular or sub-cutaneous is for you to know how each of the vaccines is actually administered. I decided to become frugal and ordered all of Ella's vaccines from the health center nurse at a very low price. It's a good thing my hubby, who is a Nursing student by the way, asked how they should be administered. The nurse answered that it was intramuscular (injected 90 degrees on skin) wherein after reading the label again, he found out it is sub-cutaneous (injected 45 degrees on skin). Please check my sources or your favorite Pediatrician for more information, pros and cons, etc and schedule to complete your child's immunization today.
P.S. Vaccines that are included in the EPI (extended program on immunization) are given free at your local health centers. Other vaccines are very costly so you might want to speak with your local health center nurse to find out if they can arrange to order vaccines for you at around 50% off the regular price of Pediatricians.
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