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Expanded Immunization Schedule Overview

The document summarizes vaccine information including content, dosage, administration route, recommended ages and intervals. It provides details for several common vaccines such as BCG, DPT, OPV, hepatitis B, measles and tetanus toxoid. For tetanus toxoid specifically, it lists the vaccine names (TT1, TT2 etc.), recommended intervals, percentage of population protected against tetanus at each stage and duration of protection.

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Expanded Immunization Schedule Overview

The document summarizes vaccine information including content, dosage, administration route, recommended ages and intervals. It provides details for several common vaccines such as BCG, DPT, OPV, hepatitis B, measles and tetanus toxoid. For tetanus toxoid specifically, it lists the vaccine names (TT1, TT2 etc.), recommended intervals, percentage of population protected against tetanus at each stage and duration of protection.

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Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)

VACCINE Content Form & Dosage


Freeze dried Infant- 0.05ml Preschool-0.1ml liquid-0.5ml

Doses

Route

Age at 1st dose


At birth

Interval

BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin) DPT (Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus)

Live attenuated bacteria

ID

DT- weakened toxin P-killed bacteria

IM

6 weeks

4 weeks

OPV (Oral Polio weakened virus Vaccine) Hepatitis B Plasma derivative

liquid-2drops

Oral

6weeks

4weeks

Liquid-0.5ml

IM

@ birth

@birth,6th week,14th week

Measles

Weakened virus

Freeze dried0.5ml

Subcutaneous

9m0s11m0s

TETANUS TOXIOD IMMUNIZATION


Vaccine TT1 TT2 TT3 TT4 TT5 Interval As early as possible After 4 weeks After 6 months 1year later/during next pregnancy 1 year later/third pregnancy % protected 0% 80% 95% 99% 99% Duration 0 3 years 5 years 10 years Lifetime

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