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Age BCG OPV DPT Hib Hep BV Measles/MMR DT
Birth BCG OPV 0          
6 weeks   OPV 1 DPT 1 Hib 1 Hep BV 1    
10 weeks   OPV 2 DPT 2 Hib 2 Hep BV 2    
14 weeks   OPV 3 DPT 3 Hib 3 Hep BV 3    
9 months           Measles 1  
15 months           MMR (optional)  
18 months   OPV 4 DPT 4     Measles 2 (or MMR)  
5 years   OPV 5         DT

BCG = bacillus Calmette-Guérin (tuberculosis) vaccine
OPV = oral polio vaccine
DTP = diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine
DT = diphtheria, tetanus vaccine
HBV = hepatitis B vaccine
Hib = Haemophilus influenza group b (meningitis) vaccine
 
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