AT BIRTH

Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG)

• This is a single dose vaccine.
• Administered via injection on upper arm
• This vaccine offers protection against tuberculosis.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Soreness or discharge where the injection was given
  • High temperature
  • Headache
  • Swollen glands under the armpit on the arm that received the vaccine shot

Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) – 0 dose

• This is the first dose taken at birth. The next dose is taken when your child is 6 weeks old, the third dose at 10 weeks old, and the last dose at 14 weeks old.
• Administered orally
• This vaccine protects against the poliovirus which is a highly infectious disease that invades the nervous system and can lead to total paralysis. The virus primarily affects children 5 years and below.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • There are no common side effects associated with this vaccine.

Hepatitis B birth dose

• This is a single dose vaccine.
• Administered via injection
• This vaccine protects against Hepatitis B which is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic disease.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Other than some redness and soreness where the injection was given, side effects are rare.
  • It's an inactivated (dead) vaccine, so it cannot cause the infection itself

6 WEEKS

Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) - 1

• This is the second OPV dose taken at 6 weeks. The next dose is taken when your child is is 10 weeks old, and the last dose at 14 weeks old.
• Administered orally
• This vaccine protects against the poliovirus which is a highly infectious disease that invades the nervous system and can lead to total paralysis. The virus primarily affects children 5 years and below.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • There are no common side effects associated with this vaccine.

Rotavirus Vaccine (RVV) - 1

• This is the first dose of three doses. The second dose is taken when your child is 10 weeks old and the last dose at 14 weeks old.
• Administered orally
• This vaccine offers protection against rotaviruses which are the most common cause of severe diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Side effects are rare and mild
  • May include diarrhea, vomiting and irritation

Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) - 1*

• The first of two doses of the PCV. The second dose is taken when your child is 14 weeks old.
• Administered via injection
• This vaccine offers protection against meningitis, septicemia and pneumonia to milder infections such as sinusitis and otitis media.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Redness
  • Swelling
  • Pain or tenderness
  • Fever
  • Loss of appetite
  • Fussiness (irritability)
  • Feeling tired
  • Headache
  • Muscle aches or joint pain
  • Chills

Inactivated Polio Vaccine (fIPV) - 1

• The first of two doses of the fIPV. The second dose is given to your child at 14 weeks.
• Administered via injection
• This vaccine offers protection from the poliovirus which is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Soreness
  • Fever

10 WEEKS

Pentavalent - 2

• The second dose is taken when your child is 10 weeks old and the last dose at 14 weeks old.
• Administered via injection
• This vaccine offers protection against Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Hib.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Swelling, redness and pain may occur at the site where the injection is given.
  • Children may develop fever for a short time after immunization.
  • Symptoms usually appear the day after vaccination and last between 1-3 days.

Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) - 2

• This is the third OPV dose taken when your child is 10 weeks old. The last dose is taken when the child is 14 weeks old.
• Administered orally
• This vaccine protects against the poliovirus which is a highly infectious disease that invades the nervous system and can lead to total paralysis. The virus primarily affects children 5 years and below.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • There are no common side effects associated with this vaccine.

Rotavirus Vaccine (RVV) - 2

• The second dose is taken when your child is 10 weeks old and the last dose at 14 weeks old.
• Administered via injection
• Administered orally
• This vaccine offers protection against rotaviruses which are the most common cause of severe diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Side effects are rare and mild
  • May include diarrhea, vomiting and irritation

14 WEEKS

Pentavalent - 3

• This is the last Pentavalent vaccine dose to be taken at 14 weeks old.
• Administered via injection
• This vaccine offers protection against Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Hib.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Swelling, redness and pain may occur at the site where the injection is given.
  • Children may develop fever for a short time after immunization.
  • Symptoms usually appear the day after vaccination and last between 1-3 days.

Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) - 3

• This is the last OPV dose is taken when your child Is 14 weeks old.
• Administered orally
• This vaccine protects against the poliovirus which is a highly infectious disease that invades the nervous system and can lead to total paralysis. The virus primarily affects children 5 years and below.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • There are no common side effects associated with this vaccine.

Rotavirus Vaccine (RVV) - 3

• This is the last RVV dose is taken when your child Is 14 weeks old.
• Administered via injection
• Administered orally
• This vaccine offers protection against rotaviruses which are the most common cause of severe diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Side effects are rare and mild
  • May include diarrhea, vomiting and irritation

Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) - 2

• The second of two doses of the PCV given at 14 weeks old.
• Administered via injection
• This vaccine offers protection from meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia to milder infections such as sinusitis and otitis media.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Redness
  • Swelling
  • Pain or tenderness
  • Fever
  • Loss of appetite
  • Fussiness (irritability)
  • Feeling tired
  • Headache
  • Muscle aches or joint pain
  • Chills

Inactivated Polio Vaccine (fIPV) - 2

• The final fIPV dose is given to your child at 14 weeks.
• Administered via injection
• This vaccine offers protection from the poliovirus which is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Soreness
  • Fever

9-12 MONTHS

Measles & Rubella (MR) - 1

• The first of two doses of the MR vaccine. The second dose is administered between 16-24 months old.
• Administered via injection
• This vaccine offers protection against measles and rubella. Measles is often a severe disease, frequently complicated by middle-ear infection or bronchopneumonia. Rubella causes a mild exanthematous illness, along with few constitutional symptoms, and occurs most commonly in childhood.
• Potential side effects of this vaccine include:
  • Redness, swelling and sore feeling for 2 to 3 days
  • Around 7 to 11 days after the injection, babies or young children may feel a bit unwell or develop a high temperature for about 2 or 3 days