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Child Immunization & Vaccination Schedule

It’s difficult to see your little darling get a vaccination shot, but experts agree that vaccinations are vital to prevent
children from dangerous illnesses. Thanks to vaccines, your child’s less likely to catch a serious illness like
whooping cough, measles, mumps, Hib meningitis, meningococcal disease, pneumococcal disease, hepatitis, or
polio. Learn about the recommended immunizations for your baby, and which shots to expect at your child’s next
medical checkup.

Role of Vaccinations

Children are highly susceptible to catching infections and diseases, especially in their early years. This is because
their immune system – which is the body’s defence system against infection-causing microorganisms
(pathogens) – is not fully developed yet.

The role of the immune system is to protect the body by battling against pathogens. However, some pathogens
can overwhelm the immune system, and when this happens, the child falls sick. It is usually the pathogens that
cannot be recognized by the body that lead to problems.

When children get their vaccine shots, it helps the immune system to recognize which organism is harmful and
how to eliminate it. This way the body is prepared to fight pathogens when they attack, and your child is
immunized from illnesses.

Top 8 Reasons to Protect Children Through Vaccination

1. As parents, we want to do everything possible to keep our children healthy and safe from preventable
diseases. Vaccination is the best way to guarantee this.
2. Vaccination is totally safe and effective. All vaccines undergo long and detailed review by scientists, doctors,
and the government to make sure they are safe.
3. Paediatric organizations such as the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention strongly support protecting children with recommended vaccinations.
4. Vaccination protects children from serious illness and complications. In the absence of vaccination, these
diseases can lead to conditions such as paralysis of limbs, hearing loss, convulsions, amputation of an arm or
leg, brain damage, or even death.
5. Diseases like measles, mumps, and whooping cough are vaccine-preventable but still a threat globally. Many
children get infected by them every year.
6. Though vaccination has led to a sharp decline in the incidence of many infectious diseases, some of them are
still quite common in other countries. They may be brought to your country by international travelers. If
children are not vaccinated, they could get infected by one of these diseases from travelers or while traveling
themselves.
7. If many parents decide not to vaccinate their children, it might trigger an outbreak of preventable diseases.
Such an epidemic can turn out to be disastrous for child healthcare.
8. If children aren’t vaccinated, they can spread diseases to other young children, babies who are too small to be
vaccinated, or to people with weak immunity, such as cancer patients.

Vaccination Chart for Indian Babies with Cost

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 Age
Content
(completed Vaccines Doses Price/Dose
Tag
weeks/months/years)

Bacillus
₹91 –
Calmette 1 BCG
₹1025
–Guérin (BCG)

Oral polio
Birth
vaccine (OPV 1 OPV ₹230
0)

Hepatitis B ₹52.25 –
1 Hep -B
(Hep – B1) ₹6000

Diptheria,
Tetanus and
Pertussis 1 DTP ₹225
vaccine (DTP
1)

Inactivated
polio vaccine 1 IPV ₹440
(IPV** 1)

Hepatitis B  ₹52.25 –
1 Hep -B
6 weeks (Hep – B2) ₹6000

Haemophilus
₹113 –
influenzae type 1 Hib
₹252.5
B (Hib 1)

₹689 –
Rotavirus 1 1 Rotavirus
₹1499

Pneumococcal
conjugate ₹1495 –
1 PCV
vaccine (PCV ₹3801
1)

Diptheria,
Tetanus and
Pertussis 1 DTP ₹225
vaccine (DTP
2)

Haemophilus
₹113 –
influenzae type 1 Hib
₹252.5
B (Hib 2)

Inactivated
polio vaccine 1 IPV ₹440
10 weeks
(IPV** 2)

Hepatitis B  ₹52.25 –
1 Hep -B
(Hep – B3) ₹6000

₹689 –
Rotavirus 2 1 Rotavirus
₹1499

Pneumococcal
conjugate ₹1495 –
1 PCV
vaccine (PCV ₹3801
2)

14 weeks Diptheria, 1 DTP ₹225

Tetanus and
Pertussis 
 vaccine (DTP
3)

Haemophilus
₹113 –
influenzae type 1 Hib
₹252.5
B (Hib 3)

Inactivated
polio vaccine 1 IPV ₹440
(IPV** 3)

Hepatitis B  ₹52.25 –
1 Hep B
(Hep* – B4) ₹6000

₹689 –
Rotavirus 3**** 1 Rotavirus
₹1499

Pneumococcal
conjugate ₹1495 –
1 PCV
vaccine (PCV ₹3801
3)

Typhoid
₹150 –
6 months Conjugate 1 TCV
₹525
Vaccine (TCV#)

Measles,
Mumps, and ₹155 –
9 months 1 MMR
Rubella (MMR ₹600
– 1)

Hepatitis A ₹1003 –
1 Hep -A
(Hep – A1) ₹1395
12 months
Influenza ₹500 –
1 Influenza
(Yearly)****** ₹700

Measles,
Mumps, and ₹155 –
1 MMR
Rubella (MMR ₹600
2)

₹1625 –
15 months Varicella 1 1 Varicella
₹2259

Influenza ₹500 –
1 Influenza
(Yearly)****** ₹700

₹1495 –
PCV booster 1 1 PCV
₹3801

Diphtheria,
Perussis, and
1 DTP ₹225
Tetanus (DTP
B1)

Inactivated
polio vaccine 1 IPV ₹440
16 to 18 months (IPV*** B1)

Hepatitis A
₹1003 –
(Hep – 1 Hep -A
₹1395
A2*****)

Haemophilus
₹113 –
influenzae type 1 Hib
₹252.5
B (Hib B1)

4 to 6 years Diphtheria, 1 DTP ₹225

Perussis, and 
 Tetanus (DTP
B2)

₹1625 –
Varicella 2 1 Varicella
₹2259

Measles,
Mumps, and ₹155 –
1 MMR
Rubella (MMR ₹600
3/MMRV)

₹767 –
Tdap 1 Tdap
₹1098

Human
9 to 14 years
Papilloma ₹2190 –
1 HPV
Virus (HPV 1 & ₹2259
2)

₹767 –
Tdap 1 Tdap
₹1098

Human
15 to 18 Years
Papilloma ₹2190 –
1 HPV
Virus (HPV 1,2 ₹2259
& 3)

Reference:
IAP Immunization Timetable 2018-2019