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Table 4 EPI vaccine schedule, birth to 12 months – The Gambia

From: A randomized trial to investigate the effects of pre-natal and infant nutritional supplementation on infant immune development in rural Gambia: the ENID trial: Early Nutrition and Immune Development

Age (wk)

Vaccine

0 (within 72 hours of birth)

BCG, HBV, OPV

8

Penta, OPV, Pneumo

12

Penta, OPV, Pneumo

16

Penta, OPV, Pneumo

40

Measles, Yellow Fever, OPV

  1. BCG – Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; HBV – Hepatitis B Vaccine; OPV – Oral Polio Vaccine; Penta – Combined DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus), HBV and Haemophilus influenzae Type B (Hib).
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