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Table 1 Routine vaccination schedule for children aged 0–59 months in Lebanon [2]

From: Vaccination coverage in Lebanon following the Syrian crisis: results from the district-based immunization coverage evaluation survey 2016

Child’s age

Vaccine

Doses

at birth

HepB

Zero Dose

2 months

IPV

1st Dose

Penta (DTP, Hib and HepB)

4 months

OPV

2nd Dose

Penta (DTP, Hib, HepB)

6 months

OPV

3rd Dose

Penta (DTP, Hib, HepB)

9 months

Measles vaccinea

Zero Dose

12 months

MMRa

1st Dose

18 months

OPV

1st Booster

Penta (DTP, Hib, HepB)

MMRa

2nd Dose

4–5 years

OPV

2nd Booster

DTP

  1. HepB Hepatitis B, Hib Haemophilus influenzae type b, IPV Inactivated Polio Vaccine, DTP Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, OPV Oral Polio Vaccine, MMR Measles, Mumps, Rubella
  2. a In this article, measles and MMR vaccines were entered as measles-containing vaccine (MCV) (either measles or MMR vaccines) and rubella-containing vaccine (RCV)
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