child vaccination chart in India

Vaccines help protect children and adolescents from serious and fatal diseases. The table below outlines vaccines recommended by the government and doctors to protect children and populations from outbreaks.

              

vaccination chart for babies in India

Name of vaccine	Diseases	Prevention
BCG	Tuberculosis (TB)	Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease, most often attacks the lungs, but in infants and young children, it affects other organs like the brain.
Hep B	Hepatitis B	Hepatitis B virus causes liver infection. The infected infant often shows no symptoms for decades. It can develop into cirrhosis and liver cancer later in life.
Polio	Poliovirus	Polio is a virus that paralyzes 1 in 200 people who get infected. There is no cure for polio once the paralysis sets in – only treatment to alleviate the symptoms. now India is a polio-free country.
DPT	Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus.	Diphtheria infects the throat and tonsils, making it hard for children to breathe and swallow. Severe cases can cause heart, kidney, and/or nerve damage. Pertussis (whooping cough) causes coughing spells that can last for weeks. In some cases, it can lead to trouble breathing, pneumonia, and death. Tetanus causes very painful muscle contractions. It can cause children’s neck and jaw muscles to lock (lockjaw), making it hard for them to open their mouths, swallow (breastfeed) or breathe.
Hib		Hib is a bacterium that causes pneumonia, meningitis, and other severe infections usually in children under 5 years old. Pneumococcal diseases such as meningitis and pneumonia to mild. but more common infections like sinusitis and ear infections. Pneumococcal diseases are a common cause of sickness and death worldwide, especially in children under two years. Rotavirus Rotaviruses cause severe diarrhea and vomiting, which can lead to dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, and shock in children. It can lead to death if treatment, fluid replacement, is not immediately started.
MMR	Measles, Mumps, Rubella.	Measles is a highly contagious disease. Symptoms include fever, runny nose, white spots on the back of the mouth, and a rash. Serious cases can cause blindness, brain swelling, and death.  Mumps can cause headache, malaise, fever, and swollen salivary glands. Rubella infection in children and adults is usually mild, but in pregnant women, it can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, birth defects.
HPV		HPV usually has no symptoms. but can cause cervical cancer (the fourth most common cancer) in women. HPV can also cause genital warts in both men and women, as well as cancer in other parts of the body.

First vaccine for a newborn baby in India

Vaccine	Age for vaccination	Dose	Rout of vaccine	Site
BCG	At birth ( as early as possible before 1 year of age)	0.1ml 0.05until 1month of age)	Intra-dermal	Left upper arm
OPV- 0	At birth or as early as possible before first the 15 days	2 drops	Oral	Oral
HEP - B	At birth or as  early as possible before 24 hours	0.5 ml	Intra-muscular	Antero-lateral side of mid-thigh.

Vaccination at 6 weeks of age   

     

Vaccine	Age for vaccination	Dose	Rout	Site
OPV 1	At 6 weeks	2 drops	Oral	Oral
Penta	At 6 weeks	0.5 ml	intra-muscular	anterolateral side of mid-thigh
IPV	At 6 weeks	0.1 ml	Intradermal	Intradermal right upper arm.

Vaccination at 10 weeks of age

Vaccine	Age for vaccination	Dose	Rout	Site
OPV	At 10 weeks	2 drops	Oral	Oral
Pentavalent	at 10 weeks	0.5	Intramuscular	anterolateral side of midthigh.

Vaccination at 14 weeks

Vaccine	Age for vaccination	Dose	Rout	Site
OPV	At 14 weeks	2 drops	Oral	Oral
IPV	At 14 weeks	0.1 ml	intra dermal	Intra-dermal right upper arm.
Penta	at 14 weeks (given before 1 year)	0.5 ml	intra-muscular	anterolateral side of mid-thigh.

Vaccination at 9th months

Vaccine	Age for vaccination	Dose	Rout	Site
Measles	9 the complete months - 12 months	0.5 ml	subcutaneous	right upper arm
JE-1	9 complete months - 12 months	0.5 ml	subcutaneous	left upper arm.
vitamin A -1	at 9 the complete months with measles and rubella.	1 ml (1 lakh unit)	oral	oral

List for the vaccine of children

Vaccination at 16-24 months

Vaccine	Age for vaccination	Dose	Rout	Site
DPT-1booster	16- 24 months	0.5 ml	intramuscular	anterolateral side of mid-thigh.
OPV booster	16-24 months	2 drops	oral	oral
Measles/ MR II nd	16 - 24 months	0.5 ml	subcutenous	right upper arm
JE-2	16-24 months	0.5 ml	subcutaneous	left upper arm

Vaccination at 5 to 16 years of age

Vaccine	Age for vaccination	Dose	Rout	Site
DPT-2 booster	5-6 years of age	0.5 ml	intramuscular	upper arm
TT	10 years	0.5 ml	intramuscular	upper arm
TT booster	16 years	0.5 ml	intra muscular	upper arm
vitamin A -2	16-18 months, then one dose every 6 months up to 5 years.	2 ml (2 lakh unit)	oral	oral

Source - UNICEF,