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Table 1 Vaccines in The Gambian Immunization schedule, 2016

From: Vaccine wastage in The Gambia: a prospective observational study

Formulation

Vaccine

Vial size (no. of doses)

Total doses/child

Schedule (Months)

Lyophilised

BCG

20

1

0

Yellow fever

10

1

9

Measles

10

2

9 & 18

Liquid (Multi-dose vial)

Hepatitis B

10

1

0

OPV

10

6

0, 2, 3, 4, 9 & 18

Pentavalent

10

3

2, 3 & 4

IPV

10

1

4

DPT

10

1

18

TT

20

Up to 5

Pregnancy

Liquid (Single dose vial)

PCV 13

1

3

2, 3 & 4

Rotavirus

1

3

2, 3 & 4

  1. MDV Multi-dose vial, BCG Bacillus Calmette–Guérin, OPV Oral Polio vaccine, DPT Diphtheria - whole cell Pertussis-Tetanus, Pentavalent (2009)- [DPT-Hepatitis B (1990)- H. influenzae type b (1997)], IPV-Inactivated Polio vaccine (2016), PCV – pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7–2009, PCV13–2011)) TT-Tetanus toxoid given to pregnant women, HPV Human papilloma virus, given to school going children as part of a demonstration project was not included in this study
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