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. 2020 Jun 4;10(6):e028476. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028476

Table 1.

Expanded Programme on Immunisation schedule in South Africa

Age of child Vaccines scheduled
At birth Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
Oral polio vaccine (OPV) (0)
6 weeks OPV (1)
Rotavirus vaccine (RV) (1)
Diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis vaccine + inactivated polio vaccine + Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine + hepatitis B vaccine combined (DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB) (1)
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) (1)
10 weeks DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (2)
14 weeks RV (2)
DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (3)
PCV (2)
6 months Measles vaccine (1)
9 months PCV (3)
12 months Measles vaccine (2)
18 months DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (4)
6 years Tetanus and reduced-strength diphtheria vaccine (Td) vaccine
≥9 years Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (1 and 2; 6 months apart)
12 years Td vaccine