Table 1.

Recommended vaccinations by age 1 year in Tanzania

Target age	Recommended vaccines
At or soon after birth	OPV(0), BCG
6 weeks	OPV(1), Penta(1), PCV(1), Rota(1)
10 weeks	OPV(2), Penta(2), PCV(2), Rota(2)
14 weeks	OPV(3), Penta(3), PCV(3)
9 months	MR

Abbreviations: OPV oral polio vaccine, BCG Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine; Penta pentavalent vaccine (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae type b, hepatitis B), PCV pneumococcal vaccine, Rota Rotarix (vaccine against rotavirus), MR Measles-rubella vaccine