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Table 1 Cameroonian vaccine schedulea

From: Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12–23 months in Dschang, West Region, Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak

Vaccine

Schedule

BCG (Bacille Camlmette Guérin)

Birth

OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine)

Birth; 6, 10, 14 weeks

DTwPHibHepB (Diphtheria and Tetanus toxoid with whole cell Pertussis, Haemophilus Influenzae type B and Hepatitis B)

6,10,14 weeks

Measles

9 months

YF (Yellow Fever)

9 months

PCV (Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine)b

6,10,14 weeksb

  1. aSchedule at the time of the performed survey (November 2013)
  2. bAt the time of the survey the oldest enrolled children were born in December 2011, just few months after the decision of introducing PCV in Cameroon. We decided not to address PCV coverage because the oldest children could not have had access to PCV vaccine supply