Child Immunization Schedule & Vaccination Chart WHO recommendations

Read to know your child's immunization schedule for WHO recommendations alongwith age criteria.

This Childhood Immunization Schedule provides list of vaccines to be given in WHO recommendations as part of WHO recommendations Immunization Schedule 2023. It's important that vaccines are given on time for the best protection. Different vaccines are given at different ages to protect your baby. Know your child's immunization schedule and track them by printing the vaccination schedule or Download our child vaccination tracker app. Following vaccination needs to be given to babies as part of their routine childhood vaccinations.

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About disease and corresponding vaccines and their possible side effects
Childhood immunization Schedule WHO recommendations
About vaccines given in WHO recommendations and diseases they protect against
Vaccine brands for each vaccine available in WHO recommendations

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Baby Immunization Schedule WHO recommendations and when to have them

Refer below for WHO recommendations baby vaccinations schedule table (based on WHO recommendations) along with the diseases they protect against and site of adminstration. WHO recommendations Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age

Vaccine Name	Protection against disease	Vaccine Brands	Usual Site

Some children may need extra vaccines. Speak to your doctor about your child’s specific needs.

Vaccines in the Child Immunization Schedule

WHO Recommended Routine Immunizations for Children

This table summarizes the WHO vaccination recommendations for all children worldwide.You can also find the list of vaccine which are specific to certain regions or population below

Recommendations for children residing in certain regions

Japanese Encephalitis
Yellow Fever
Tick-Borne Encephalitis

Recommendations for children in some high-risk populations

Typhoid
Cholera
Meningococcal

Recommendations for children receiving vaccinations from immunization programmes with certain characteristics

Hepatitis A
Rabies
Seasonal influenza
Varicella

Note: We have prepared this information based on NHS, CDC, UNICEF, NIP, local health department and each country's Pediatric Society. Please consult your doctor before taking any vaccination and for detailed information on the side effects and other relevant information.

Glossary of terms

Adjuvant	An adjuvant is a substance that is added to a vaccine to increase the body’s immune response to the vaccine
Conjugate vaccine	A conjugate vaccine combines a weak (polysaccharide or sugar) antigen to a strong antigen (carrier protein (preferably)) as a carrier.
Immunization	The process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Immunization can also occur naturally as a consequence of natural infection.
Inactivated vaccine	An inactivated vaccine (or killed vaccine) consists of virus particles which have been grown and then killed.
Live attenuated vaccine	A vaccine created by modifying an infectious agent while still keeping it alive so that it becomes harmless or less virulent.
Vaccination	Adminstration of a killed or weakened organism into the body so that the body produces immunity against that organism.