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| Based on the recommendations of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics |
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| Birth | BCG | Oral Polio | Hepatitis B |
| 1½ months | Oral Polio | Hepatitis B | DTP |
| 3 months | Oral Polio | DTP | |
| 4½ months | Oral Polio | DTP | |
| 6 months | Hepatitis B | ||
| 9 months | Oral Polio | Measles | |
| 1¼ years | MMR | ||
| 1½ years | Oral Polio
(booster) | DTP vaccine (booster) | |
| 5 years | Oral Polio
(booster) | DTP vaccine (booster) | |
| 10 years | Tetanus toxoid | ||
| 16 years | Tetanus toxoid | ||
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| 2 months | Hemophilus influenzae b vaccine | ||
| 4 months | Hemophilus influenzae b vaccine | ||
| 6 months | Hemophilus influenzae b vaccine | ||
| 1 year | Chicken Pox | ||
| After 1 year | Hepatitis A vaccine (2 doses) | ||
| 1¼ years | Hemophilus influenzae b vaccine | ||
| After 2 years | Typhoid Vaccines (once every 3 years) | ||
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Vaccination is one of the greatest success stories of modern medicine, but is also one of the most complicated. Dozens of vaccines are now available to us, and more are being produced by assiduous researchers.
The vaccines given to a child vary with the geographical area, local conditions and disease patterns, and the child's own health status. In India, since many vaccines have to be paid for by the parents, the cost of a vaccine is also a factor.
The Indian Academy of Pediatrics, the representative body of pediatricians in India, has tried to make sense of the various factors involved. Their recommendations form the basis for the vaccination time table given on this page.
This table must not be taken as an absolute recommendation. Your doctor may give more or less vaccines, depending on the local situation. Vaccines may also need to be delayed if the child is premature, low birth weight, or ill.
This is the one page of my site which I don't update frequently. Whenever there is a major change in vaccine recommendations, I will update it.
Last revision: September 28, 2006