DOH PROGRAM: Expanded Program on SCHEDULE:

Immunization
BCG
Lower Infant and Child Mortality Rates if Filipino Hepa B Vaccine
children receive complete and timely
Hep B1 – at birth, within 24 hrs 3 doses
immunization
(at least 4 weeks apart; the 3rd dose should not
Expanded Program on Immunization be given

- Its objective is to reduce infant DPT (6 weeks, 10 weeks, 14 weeks)

mortality and morbidity through
For DPT:
decreasing the prevalence of the 7
immunizable (vaccine-preventable) o 4th dose: 12months of age
diseases o 5th dose: not given if 4th was given at 4
yrs old
OVERVIEW OF THE VACCINE-PREVENTABLE
DISEASES: For HiB:
Tuberculosis - Decreased playfulness o Booster Dose: 12-15 months of age
Diptheria 1. Diphtheria
Pertussis - Whooping cough 2. Pertussis
Neonatal Tetanus 3. Tetanus
Poliomyelitis 4. Hepa B
Hepa B 5. Influenza
Measles (Rubeola) Oral Polio Vaccine
o Koplik spots AMV1
o Head to trunk AMV2 – two doses are recommended
Mumps Rotavirus
German Measles Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoid
o Face then generalized
o Rubella can cause a miscarriage
or serious birth defects in a
developing baby if a woman is
infected while she is pregnant
Japanese Encephalitis
o Inflammation of the brain
Haemophilus Influenzae

LEGAL MANDATE

 RA 10152
 RA 7846

BATTAD II-D