Immunization / Vaccination Services

1st year Vaccination

#
Vaccination Name
Time Period
01
BCG-HepatitisB-1-Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)
At Birth
02
Hepatitis B-2
4-6 Weeks
03
IPV1,DTaP/DTwP1 + Hib1
6-8 Weeks
04
PNEUMO COCCAL VACCINE1
6-8 Weeks
05
IPV2,DTaP/DTwP2 + Hib2
10-12 Weeks
06
PNEUMO COCCAL VACCINE2
10-12 Weeks
07
IPV3,DTaP/DTwP3 + Hib3
14-16 Weeks
08
PNEUMO COCCAL VACCINE3
14-16 Weeks
09
HEPATITIS B3 + OPV
6 Months
10
ROTAVIRUS - 1
6-8 Weeks
11
ROTAVIRUS – 2
12-14 Weeks
12
MEASLES/MMR
9 Months
13
FLU VACCINE
6-8 Months
14
TYPHOID CONJUGATE VACCINE
1 Year

About the Vaccines

  1. BCG: Is a vaccine against TB or Tuberculosis and is given intradermally on left shoulder.
  2. IPV: Injectable Polio Vaccine.
  3. OPV: Oral Polio Vaccine.IPV is the preferred mode of immunization, however a combination of IPV and OPV will give better protection.
  4. DTAP/DTWP DIPHTHERIA,TETANUS PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH) - PERTUSSIS
    1. Vaccine is available as aP – (acellular Pertussis) and wP (whole cell pertussis).
    2. They are both very effective vaccines, the only difference between the two being that ‘aP’ –gives lesser reactions like fever and pain at site of injection than ‘wP’.
    3. ‘aP’ is however very useful in children with history of birth anoxia/trauma and febrile convulsions etc.
  5. HIB: Is a bacteria called Haemophilus Influenzae B which causes blood infections (Septicemia), ear infections and brain infections (meningitis) in children under the age of 5 years.
  6. ROTAVIRUS VACCINE: This vaccine is given in 2 or 3 doses before the age of 6 months and is given orally to prevent diarrhoea caused by rotavirus.
  7. MEASLES: Measles alone or Measles, Mumps and Rubella (German Measles) MMR may be given when the baby is 9 months complete.
  8. FLU VACCINE: Is given from the age of 7-9 months. Two doses in the first year – 4-6 weeks apart.
  9. TYPHOID CONJUGATE VACCINE: Prevents typhoid fever. This may be repeated 1-2 years later. No subsequent doses are required.

2nd year Vaccination

#
Vaccination Name
Time Period
01
MMR (Mumps,Measles,Rubella)
At 15 months
02
Chicken Pox or Variculla Vaccine
At 15 months
03
PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE 1st booster
At 15-18 months
04
IPV, DTaP/DTwP/Hib 1st booster
At 15-18 months
05
Hepatitis A Vaccine
Given in 2 doses at 6 months interval,Starting from age 18-19 months
06
Flu Vaccine
Given in a single dose every year

Vaccines in 3rd and 4th year

Flu Vaccine may be given every year .
Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine may be repeated at age 2 years. If no typhoid vaccine has been given earlier, it can be administered at any age – and a booster dose may be give after 2 years.
Meningococcal Vaccine prevents one of the most serious forms of meningitis caused by meningococci. It is given in a single dose (in India) after the age of 2 years – till adolescent and young adulthood.

Vaccines at 4 ½ - 5 years

DTaP +IPV booster , MMR and Chicken Pox Boosters
And any catch up vaccines which may not have been given for any reason earlier.

For Girls

HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) vaccine, also known to cause Cancer of the Cervix (mouth of uterus) given in 3 doses

This vaccine is recommended for females from 10 years to 45 years age

From pre-sexual exposure till 45 years – since the HPV virus is transmitted by way of sexual exposure from male to female.

Meningococcal Vaccine prevents most deadly meningitis caused by MENINGOCOCCUS is given from age 2 years to 50 years but more commonly to children and adolescents, school going or in hostels.

It's given as a single dose vaccine.

FAQs

Immunization and vaccination services for small children up to 18 years

Q1. What is immunization and how it benefits the child?

Vaccination is the interaction wherein security is given to the sound youngster against irresistible germs. Immunization readies the body of the youngster how to kill the sickness causing specialists from their framework. It is the most secure method of keeping the kid sound as every antibody is first explored, planned, and clinically tried. The odds of a kid having certain genuine infections are invalidated by the utilization of immunizations.
This compelling weapon likewise forestalls the chance of death, related pressure, and costs of turning out to be sick. In the event that a solid youngster is inoculated for a particular infection, it doesn't imply that the resistance is brought down for battling different sicknesses. There are uncommon possibilities that the kid fosters a similar sickness for which he/she is immunized.

Q2. How do vaccines help protect the child from disease-causing microorganisms?

An immunization is ready by utilizing a debilitated/killed structure, or the pieces of the microorganisms or infection (utilizing vectors) that cause a specific sickness. At the point when an immunization is given to the kid, a defensive reaction against the designated sickness causing specialist is actuated by an age of microbe explicit antibodies.
These antibodies that stream in the blood serum respond with the microbial antigen and kills its impact or kill the microorganism when it enters the youngster's body. The immunizations set up the body by making a memory for a similar microorganism and give perpetual security to the kid if there should be an occurrence of resulting scenes of real contamination. Henceforth, the youngster won't feel wiped out as the body is ready to battle against the sickness. This is known as dynamic resistance gave to kids when regular inactive insusceptibility from the mother has declined.

Q3. Why is there a particular schedule for the administration of each vaccination?

The inoculation starts before long the youngster is conceived. A few antibodies are regulated following birth like BCG (tuberculosis), OPV (polio), and Hepatitis B that are maternally communicated. The adequacy of an antibody is best when given to the kid at the suggested time, with the right number of portions, and through the right courses as referenced in the National Immunization plan. The age is chosen dependent on the most extreme rate of a particular sickness in that season of life. Likewise, the quantity of dosages is suggested to be dependent on the fair and square of insurance required. In the event that the kid is inoculated recently as planned, it might leave the youngster unprotected from genuine illnesses for a more extended time frame. The instances of infected kid or their demise are fundamentally decreased when the antibody is given at the age that guarantees greatest insurance.

Community and Social Pediatrics

Incorporates school wellbeing instructing and inoculation programs led on a local area level to help oppressed and for spreading mindfulness in regards to wellbeing cleanliness, social issues, sex training and so on