G
Immunization Schedules
Table G-1 provides the immunization schedule recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Table G-2 provides the immunization recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Also provided in this Appendix is the immunization schedule recommended by the Pan American Health Organization and the the World Health Organization.
TABLE G-1 Immunization Schedule Recommended by ACIP
TABLE G-2 Immunization Schedule Recommended by AAP
Age |
DTP |
Polio |
MMR |
Hepatitis Ba |
Haemoghilus |
Tetanus-Diphtheria |
Birth |
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|
X |
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1–2 months |
|
|
|
X |
|
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2 months |
X |
X |
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|
X |
|
4 months |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|
6 months |
X |
|
|
|
Xb |
|
6–18 months |
|
|
|
X |
|
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12–15 months |
|
|
|
|
Xb |
|
15 months |
|
|
X |
|
Xb |
|
15–18 months |
Xc |
X |
|
|
|
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4–6 years |
Xc |
X |
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|
|
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11–12 years |
|
|
Xd |
|
|
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14–16 years |
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|
|
X |
a Infants of mothers who tested seropositive for hepatitis B (HBsAg+) must receive hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) at or shortly after the first dose. These infants also will require a second hepatitis B vaccine dose at 1 month and a third hepatitis B vaccine injection at 6 months of age. b Depends on previous Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine given. c For the fourth and fifth dose, the acellular (DTaP) pertussis vaccine may be substituted for the DTP vaccine. d Except where public health authorities require otherwise. SOURCE: Used with permission of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Schedule. |
TABLE G-3 Immunization Schedule Recommended for EPI
Contact |
Age |
Vaccines |
1 |
Birth |
BCG and OPV |
2 |
6 weeks |
DTP and OPV |
3 |
10 weeks |
DTP and OPV |
4 |
14 weeks |
DTP and OPV |
5 |
9 months |
Measles |
SOURCE: Expanded Program on Immunization, World Health Organization; Pan American Health Organization. Provided by Ciro de Quadros, Pan American Health Organization. |