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basic vaccination schedule for kenya |
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This is based on the current recommendations from Kenya, Australia, UK and the USA, and the availability of vaccines and combination vaccines in Kenya in November 2007.
If parents or patients prefer, most doctors/surgeries will follow the schedule from their country of origin.This may not always be possible because some vaccines or vaccine combinations may be unavailable in Kenya. | AGEÂ | VACCINE
| | Â Birth | Â | BCG
| Hep B
| Â | Â | Â OPVÂ
| Â | Â | | Â 2 months | Â Rota virus | Â | Hep B | DTaPÂ
|  Hib Â
| IPV | PCVÂ
| Â | Â 4 months
| Â Rota virus | Â | Hep B
| DTaP | Hib | IPV | PCV | Â | | Â 6 months | Â | Â | Hep B | DTaP | Hib | IPV
| Â | Â | | Â 12 months | Â | Â | Â | Â | Hib | Â | PCV | Â | | Â 13 months | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | MMR | | Â 18 months | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | VZV (optional) | Â 4 years
| Â | Â | Â | DTaP | Â | Â IPV | Â | MMR | Â 10-12 years
| Â | Â | Â | Td
| Â | Â | Â | Â | | Â 10-26 years | Females only - 3 doses of HPV 0, 2 and 6 months apart | | Â 50 years | Â | Â | Â | Td | Â | Â | Â | Â | | Â Over 65 years | Pneumococcal vaccine every 5 years Influenza vaccine annually |
Other vaccinations that may be considered are meningococcal, pneumococcal, hepatitis A, influenza, typhoid, yellow fever and rabies vaccines. Immunisation is not a simple subject and recommendations vary from country to country and are constantly changing. Ask your doctor for more information.
Key: BCG – tuberculosis
Hep B – hepatitis B
OPV – oral polio vaccine
DTaP – Diphtheria, tetanus & pertussis (whooping cough)
Hib – influenza
IPV – injectable polio vaccine
PCV – pneumococcal vaccine
Td – tetanus & diphtheria
VZV – chicken pox
HPV – human papilloma virus
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