Immunisation Schedule: (0) Birth dose which doesn’t count as part of primary series; (1) First dose in a series; (2) Second dose in a series; (3) Third dose in a series; (4) Fourth dose – a booster
| EPI schedule, South Africa, 2016 | |||
| Age of child | Vaccine needed | How and where it is given | |
| At birth | BCG Bacilles Calmette Guerin | Right arm | |
| OPV (0) Oral Polio Vaccine | Drops by mouth | ||
| 6 weeks | OPV (1) Oral Polio Vaccine | Drops by mouth | |
| RV (1) Rotavirus Vaccine | Liquid by mouth | ||
| DTaP-IPV-Hib-HBV (1) Diphtheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine, and Haemophilus Influenza Type B, and Hepatitis B Combined | Intramuscular/left thigh | ||
| PCV (1) Pneumococcal conjugated Vaccine | Intramuscular/right thigh | ||
| 10 weeks | DTaP-IPV-Hib-HBV (2) Diphtheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine, and Haemophilus Influenza Type B, and Hepatitis B Combined | Intramuscular/left thigh | |
| 14 weeks | RV (2) Rotavirus Vaccine | Liquid by mouth | |
| DTaP-IPV-Hib-HBV (3) Diphtheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine, and Haemophilus Influenza Type B, and Hepatitis B Combined | Intramuscular/left thigh | ||
| PCV (2) Pneumococcal conjugated Vaccine | Intramuscular/right thigh | ||
| 6 months | Measles vaccine** | Subcutaneous/left thigh | |
| 9 months | PCV (3) Pneumococcal conjugated Vaccine | Intramuscular/right thigh | |
| 12 months | Measles vaccine** | Subcutaneous/right arm | |
| 18 months | DTaP-IPV-Hib-HBV (4) Diphtheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine, and Haemophilus Influenza Type B, and Hepatitis B Combined | Intramuscular/left arm | |
| 6 years (boys & girls) | Td vaccine Tetanus and reduced strength of Diphtheria Vaccine | Intramuscular/left arm | |
| 9 years (girls only) | HPV ( 2 dose schedule: one dose is given first and the next dose is given after 6 months interval) | Intramuscularly, deltoid region of the upper arm | |
| 12 years (boys & girls) | Td vaccine Tetanus and reduced strength of Diphtheria Vaccine | Intramuscular/left arm | |
| * Rotavirus should not be administered after 24 weeks | ** Measles should not be administered with any other vaccine | ||
OPV: Oral polio vaccine; BCG: Bacille Calmette Guerin vaccine; HBV: Hepatitis B vaccine; RV: Rotavirus vaccine; Td vaccine: Tetanus & reduced amount of diphtheriavaccine; Tdap-IPV: (Quadrivalent): Tetanus & reduced amounts of diphtheriaand acellular pertussis with inactivated polio vaccine; DTaP:Diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis vaccine; DTaP-IPV/Hib: (Pentavalent): Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis / inactivated polio & haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine; DTaP-IPV-Hib-HBV: (Hexavalent):Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis / inactivated polio / haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B vaccine, fully liquid; DTaP-IPV-HBV/Hib: (Hexavalent):Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis / inactivated polio / haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B vaccine, requiring constitution; HPV: Human papillomavirus vaccine; MCV:Meningococcal (Groups A, C, W and Y) polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine; MMR: Measles, mumps and rubella vaccine; PCV: Pneumococcal conjugated vaccine.
Page created on 16 March 2015
Page last updated on 27 March 2017
References: National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) and World Health Organization (WHO).