Table 1 Summary of WHO position papers on the recommended vaccines

BCG

Hepatitis B

3–4 doses

3 doses for high-risk groups if not previously vaccinated

Polio

3–4 doses

DTP

3 doses, booster (DTP), 1–6 years of age

Booster

Booster

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

3 doses with DTP

Pneumococcal (conjugate)

3 doses with DTP

Rotavirus

2 or 3 doses with DTP

Measles

2 doses

Rubella

1 dose

1 dose, adolescent girls if not previously vaccinated

HPV

3 doses

Girls

Japanese encephalitis

1 dose, booster dose after 1 year

Booster dose after every 3 years up to 10–15 years of age

Yellow fever

1 dose

Tick-borne encephalitis

3 doses

Typhoid

1 dose or 3 doses (dependent on vaccine), booster dose after 3–7 years

Cholera

3 doses with booster after every 6 months, 2 doses for children of 6 years and older/adults with booster every 2nd year

Meningococcal

1 dose (1–29 years)

Men A conjugate

2 doses (2–11 months) with booster 1 year after 1st dose

Men C conjugate

2 doses (9–23 months), 1 dose (2 years and older)

Quadrivalent conjugate

Hepatitis B

At least 1 dose at 1 year or older

Rabies

3 doses

Mumps

2 doses

Influenza (inactivated)

2 doses, revaccinate annually

1 dose from 9 years of age, revaccinate annually