Table 1: recommended age for BCG, VPO, Penta, Rota, Pneumo, VPO, MR and AA vaccinations for children in Senegal and as per the WHO guidelines for childhood vaccinations

Recommended schedule with the National EPI programme

Vaccine

WHO recommended time range

At birth

BCG + VPO zero

Birth-4weeks

6 weeks

Penta 1 + Pneumo 1 + VPO1+ Rota1

4weeks - 2 months

10 weeks

Penta 2 + Pneumo 2 + VPO2+ Rota2

8 weeks – 4 months

14 weeks

Penta 3 + Pneumo 3 + VPO3

12weeks-6months

9 months

MR1 + VAA

38 weeks-12months

15 months

MR2

15-19 months

Penta: Pentavalent vaccine (DTC HiB, Hepatitis B); Pneumo: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. VAA: Vaccine antimalarial (yellow fever); RR: Measle rubella; BCG: Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin; VPO zero: Polio vaccine at birth; VPO1: Oral Polio Vaccine