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National routine immunisation schedule
Age of child | Which vaccine? | How and where is it given? |
At birth | BCG (vaccine against TB) Polio vaccine | vaccination in upper right arm drops by mouth |
6 weeks old | Polio vaccine DTP* vaccine Hib*** vaccine Hepatitis B vaccine | drops by mouth injection in left thigh injection in left thigh injection in right thigh |
10 weeks old | Polio vaccine DTP* vaccine Hib*** vaccine Hepatitis B vaccine | drops by mouth injection in left thigh injection in left thigh injection in right thigh |
14 weeks old | Polio vaccine DTP* vaccine Hib*** vaccine Hepatitis B vaccine | drops by mouth injection in left thigh injection in left thigh injection in right thigh |
9 months old | Measles vaccine | injection in right thigh |
18 months old | Polio vaccine DTP* vaccine Measles vaccine | drops by mouth injection in left arm injection in right arm |
6 years old | Polio vaccine Td** vaccine | drops by mouth injection in left arm |
DTP* = vaccine against diptheria, whooping cough and tetanus (lock-jaw)
Td** = vaccine against diphteria and tetanus only
Hib*** = vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b
All the above vaccines are freely available at state and private clinics. (You only pay for the “well baby consultation”.)
