Table 1.
Routine and Influenza Vaccines Schedules, and Cold Storage Volume per Dose
| Schedule | Cold Storage Tertiary Packaging volume per dose (mL) | Cold Storage Secondary Packaging Volume per dose (mL) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routine infant immunization | |||
| Bacille Calmette-Guerin | Birth dose | 4.98 | 1.44 |
| Hepatitis B | Birth dose | 12.56 | 2.86 |
| Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-hepatitis B-Haemophilus influenzae type b (pentavalent) | 6, 10, and 14 weeks | 16.70 | 3.06 |
| Polio (oral) | 6, 10, and 14 weeks | 6.22 | 1.40 |
| Polio (inactivated) | 6 weeks | 23.95 | 4.00 |
| Pneumococcal (conjugate) | 6, 10, and 14 weeks | 36.28 | 3.60 |
| Rotavirus | 6 and 10 weeks | 49.45 | 46.30 |
| Measles-rubella | 9–12 months, 13–24 months | 9.84 | 2.11 |
| Tetanus-diphtheria | 13–24 months | 9.47 | 2.38 |
| Meningococcal A (conjugate) (African country only) | 13–24 months | 9.84 | 2.11 |
| Yellow fever (African country only) | 9–12 months | 3.59 | 2.99 |
| Japanese encephalitis (South-East Asian country only) | 9–12 months | 39.4 | 4.2 |
| Routine children immunization | |||
| HPV4 (girls only) | 2 doses from 9 to 14 years | 7.61 | 4.84 |
| Tetanus-diphtheria | 9–14 years | 9.47 | 2.38 |
| Influenza immunization | |||
| Risk groups: children <5 years, pregnant women, ≥65 years, healthcare workers, chronic diseases | 2 doses, 1 month apart for first year of life, and 1 dose annually thereafter | 7.22 (multidose vial) | 5.40 (multidose vial) |
| 87.3 (single dose vial) | 18.4 (single dose vial) | ||
| 111.8 (prefilled syringe) | 86.5 (prefilled syringe) |
Vaccines and schedules are from World Health Organization (WHO) policy statements and immunization tables [1]. Tertiary and secondary packaging volumes per dose from WHO Prequalified Vaccines Database. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs generally target girls only aged 9–14 years [18]. We assumed the full HPV immunization series was given to girls 9 years of age.