Minimum

Minimum Number
Interval
Vaccine Age of Dose Route Site Reason
Between
at 1st Dose Doses
Doses
Right BCG given at earliest possible age
Bacillus Birth or
0.5 deltoid protects the possibility of TB
Calmette- anytime after 1 -- Intradermal
mL region of meningitis and other TB infections
Guérin birth
the arm in which infants are prone
Diptheria- Upper
Pertussis- 0.5 outer An early start with DPT reduces the
6 weeks 3 4 weeks Intramuscularl
Typhoid mL portion of chance of severe pertussis.
Vaccine the thigh
The extent of protection against
Oral Polio 2 polio is increased the earlier the
6 weeks 3 4 weeks Oral Mouth
Vaccine drops OPV is given.
Keeps the Philippines polio-free.
An early start of Hepatitis B vaccine
6 weeks reduces the chance of being
interval from infected and becoming a carrier.
1st dose to Upper Prevents liver cirrhosis and liver
Hepatitis B 0.5 2nd dose, outer cancer which are more likely to
At birth 3 Intramuscular
Vaccine mL 8 weeks portion of develop if infected with Hepatitis B
interval from the thigh early in life.
2nd dose to About 9,000 die of complications of
third dose. Hepatits B. 10% of Filipinos have
Hepatitis B infection
Measles Upper
At least 85% of measles can be
Vaccine 0.5 outer
9 months 1 -- Subcutaneous prevented by immunization at this
mL portion of
age.
(not MMR) the thigh
 Percent
Minimum
Vaccine Protecte Duration of Protection
Age/Interval
d
As early as possible
TT1 -- --
during pregnancy
• infants born to the mother will be protected from neonatal tetanus
TT2 At least 4 weeks later 80%
• gives 3 years protection for the mother
• infants born to the mother will be protected from neonatal tetanus
At least 6 months
TT3 95%
later
• gives 5 years protection for the mother
• infants born to the mother will be protected from neonatal tetanus
TT4 At least 1 year later 99%
• gives 10 years protection for the mother
• gives lifetime protection for the mother
TT5 At least 1 year later 99%
• all infants born to that mother will be protected

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