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19.2

Vaccination Schedule for Children

Malawi Standard Treatment Guidelines, 6th Edition, 2023. Chapter 19, Vaccinations.

Clinical Description

At birth: BCG 0.05ml intradermally

Children > 1 year 0.1 ml

Oral Polio 0: 2 drops orally (= "zero dose") 6 weeks: DPT-HeB-Hib 1: 0.5 mlIM

OPV 1: 2 drops orally ROTA 1: 1ml PCV 1: 0.5ml IM 10 weeks: DPT-HeB-Hib 2 : 0.5 ml IM

OPV2: 2 drops orally ROTA 2: 1ml oral

PCV 2: 0.5ml IM 14 weeks: PENTAVALENT DPT-HeB-Hib 3 : 0.5 ml IM

OPV3 : 2 drops

IPV:0.5ml IM

PCV 3: 0.5ml IM 5 months: MV 1: 0.5ml 1M 6 months: Oral Vitamin A

MV 2: 0.5ml IM 7 months: MV 3: 0.5ml IM 9 months: MR 1: 0.5 ml dS/C 12 months: Oral Vitamin A

Oral Deworming Tablets 15 months: MR 2: 0.5ml S/C 18 months: Oral Vitamin A

Oral Deworming Tablets 22 months: MV 4: 0.5ml IM 9 Years: HPV 1: 0.5 ml IM 9 Years 6 months: HPV 2: 0.5ml IM

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