Table 1.
Nigeria routine vaccination schedule | ||
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Age | Vaccine | Incomplete vaccination for each vaccine offered, n (%) |
At birth | BCG | 1925 (33.0) |
6 week | DPT 1 (DPT-HepB-Hib vaccine) + OPV 1 | 3483 (59.7) |
10 weeks | DPT 2 (DPT-HepB-Hib vaccine) + OPV 2 | 2188 (37.5) |
14 weeks | DPT 3 (DPT-HepB-Hib vaccine) + OPV 3 | 3004 (51.5) |
9 months | Measles | 3646 (62.5) |
The current DTP vaccine used in the country is a pentavalent vaccine DPT-Hep-HibB (containing diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B antigens and haemophilus influenzae b). BCG: Bacillus calmette-guerin, OPV: Oral polio vaccine, DPT: Diptheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccnes