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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 7.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2020 Apr 4;395(10230):1163–1166. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30213-0

Table 1:

Country-specific poliovirus vaccine policies and income strata across the Americas (December 2019).33

Country IPV dosesab OPV dosesa Income levelc
Antigua and Barbuda 2 3 High
Argentina 2 3 High
Bahamas 2 2 High
Barbados 1 5 High
Belize 1 4 Upper middle
Bolivia 1 4 Lower middle
Brazil 3 2 Upper middle
Canada 5 0 High
Chile 2 2 High
Colombia 2 3 Upper middle
Costa Rica 5 0 Upper middle
Cuba 2d 4 Upper middle
Dominica 1 5 Upper middle
Dominican Republic 1 4 Upper middle
Ecuador 2d 3 Upper middle
El Salvador 1 5 Lower middle
Grenada 1 5 Upper middle
Guatemala 1 4 Upper middle
Guyana 1 4 Upper middle
Haiti 1b 4 Low
Honduras 2 2 Lower middle
Jamaica 1 4 Upper middle
Mexico 4 1 Upper middle
Nicaragua 1 2 Lower middle
Panama 3 2 Upper middle
Paraguay 1 4 Upper middle
Peru 2 3 Upper middle
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 5 High
Saint Lucia 1 5 Upper middle
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 3 Upper middle
Suriname 1 4 Upper middle
Trinidad and Tobago 1 4 High
United States of America 4e 0 High
Uruguay 4 0 High
Venezuela 1 4 Upper middle
a

Doses recommended for immunocompetent children.

b

Countries that use OPV apply all IPV doses before any OPV, with the exception of Haiti which administers OPV at birth, followed by IPV six weeks later.

c

World Bank Classification.

d

Fractional dose.

e

IPV vaccination schedule in the US typically includes four doses, but five doses are also possible depending on the formulation of combined vaccine used.