Extended Programme on Immunisations, 2016

Age of child

Vaccine

At birth

Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) (0)
Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG)

6 week

OPV (1)
Rotavirus Vaccine (RV) (1)
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine, Haemophilus Influenza Type B and Hepatitis B combined (DTaP-IPV-HB-Hib) (1)
Pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV) (1)

10 weeks

DTaP-IPV-HB-Hib (2)

14 weeks

RV (2)
DTaP-IPV-HB-Hib (3)
PCV (2)

6 months

Measles vaccine (1)

9 months

PCV (3)

12 months

Measles vaccine (2)

18 months

DTaP-IPV-HB-Hib (4)

6 years

Tetanus and reduced strength of diphtheria vaccine (Td)

12 years

Td

Ref: Primary Health Care Guidelines, South Africa, 2016-2018: Chapter 13: Immunisations