Table 1.

Malawi Immunization Schedule

Age	Vaccine
At birth or first contact	BCG
At birth up to 2 wk	OPV0
At 6 wk	OPV1, DPT-HepB-Hib1, PCV1, and Rota1
At 10 wk	OPV2, DPT-HepB-Hib2, PCV2, and Rota2
At 14 wk	OPV3, DPT-HepB-Hib3, PCV3, IPV
At 5, 6, and 7 mo	Malaria vaccines
At 6 mo and every 6 mo up to 59 mo	Vitamin A (children)
At 9 mo	Measles-rubella 1, TCV
At 15 mo	Measles-rubella 2
At 22 mo	Malaria vaccines
At 9–14 y	HPV vaccine
At first contact (15–45 y and pregnant women)	TT1
At 4 wk after TT1	TT2
At 6 mo after TT2	TT3
At 1 y after TT3	TT4
At 1 y after TT4	TT5
Within 2 wk of delivery	Vitamin A (postnatal mothers)

Abbreviations: DPT, diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus; HepB, hepatitis B; Hib, Haemophilus influenzae type b; HPV, human papillomavirus; IPV, inactivated polio vaccine; OPV, oral polio vaccine; PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; Rota, rotavirus; TCV, typhoid conjugate vaccine; TT, tetenus toxoid vaccine.