Schedule of vaccines as per the ACVIP guidelines

  • This month, we have a quick reference guide to the schedule of vaccines as per the ACVIP guidelines.
  • You can put this up at your clinic for the caregivers to be prepared for the next vaccination milestone.
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BD- Birth Dose, ACVIP- Advisory Committee on Vaccines & Immunization Practices; @- Typhoid Conjugate vaccine can be administered between 6-9 months. BCG- Bacille Calmette Guerin vaccine; OPV - Oral Polio Vaccine; Hep B – Hepatitis B; DTaP/ DTwP - Diphtheria-Tetanus acellular /Diphtheria Tetanus whole cell Pertussis; IPV- Injectable Polio Vaccine; Hib- Haemophilus influenzae type b; Rota- Rotavirus; PCV- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; IIV- Inactivated Influenza Vaccine; MMR- Measles Mumps Rubella; HepA- Hepatitis A; HPV- Human Papillomavirus; Tdap- Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids with cellular pertussis

    1. Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization Practices (ACVIP): Recommended immunization schedule (2020-21) and update on immunization for children aged 0 through 18 years. [cited 2022Nov23]. Available from: https://www.indianpediatrics.net/jan2021/jan-44-53.htm

IAP recommended vaccines for routine use

AGE

VACCINE

COMMENTS

Birth

BCG
OPV
Hepatitis B-1 (BD)

BCG: before discharge
OPV: as soon as possible after birth
Hep B should be administered within 24 hours of birth

6 weeks

DTaP/DTwP-1
IPV-1
Hib-1
Hep B-2
Rotavirus-1
PCV-1

DTwP or DTaP may be administered in primary immunization
IPV: 6-10-14 weeks is the recommended schedule. If IPV,
as part of a hexavalent combination vaccine, is unaffordable,
the infant should be sent to a government facility for primary
immunization as per UIP schedule.

10 weeks

DTaP/DTwP-2
IPV-2
Hib-2
Hep B-3
Rotavirus-2
PCV-2

RV1: 2 -dose schedule; all other rotavirus brands: 3-dose schedule

14 weeks

DTaP/DTwP-3
IPV-3
Hib-3
Hep B-4
Rotavirus-3
PCV-3

An additional 4th dose of Hep B vaccine is safe and is permitted as
a component of a combination vaccine

6 months

Influenza (IIV)-1

Uniform dose of 0.5 ml for DCGI approved brands

7 months

Influenza (IIV)-2

To be repeated every year, in pre-monsoon period, till 5 y of age

6-9 months

Typhoid
conjugate vaccine

As of available data, there is no recommendation for a booster dose

9 months

MMR -1

 

12 months

Hepatitis A

Single dose for live attenuated vaccine

15 months

MMR-2
Varicella -1
PCV booster

 

16-18 months

DTwP/DTaP-B1
Hib-B1,
IPV-B1

 

18-19
months

Hep A-2
Varicella-2

Only for inactivated Hep A vaccine

4-6 years

DTwP/DTaP-B2
IPV-B2
MMR-3

 

10-12 years

Tdap
HPV

Tdap is to be administered even if it has been administered earlier (as DTP-B2)
HPV: 2 doses at 6 mo interval between 9-14 y; 3 doses: from 15 y or
immunocompromised of any age (0-1-6 mo for HPV2, 0-2-6 mo forHPV4)

*Recommended vaccines for high-risk children - Meningococcal Vaccine, Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines, Oral Cholera Vaccine, Rabies Vaccine, High fever Vaccine, and Pneumococcal
Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23)

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