Microbiology Vaccine Schedule (Ghana 2024) PDF

**GHANA ARMED FORCES COLLEGE OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY** **ISABELLA AMA BOATENG** **BSC. NURSING (DELTA)** **14TH NOVEMBER, 2024.** **MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION PREVENTION** **The Ghana Health Service (GHS) immunization schedule from birth includes the following vaccines:** **a.Birth:** **1. B...

**GHANA ARMED FORCES COLLEGE OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY** **ISABELLA AMA BOATENG** **BSC. NURSING (DELTA)** **14TH NOVEMBER, 2024.** **MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION PREVENTION** **The Ghana Health Service (GHS) immunization schedule from birth includes the following vaccines:** **a.Birth:** **1. BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) - Tuberculosis vaccine** **2. OPV (Oral Poliovirus Vaccine) - Polio vaccine (1st dose)** **3. Hepatitis B (1st dose)** **b. 6 weeks:** **1. DTP-Hib-HepB (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Hepatitis B) - 1st dose** **2. IPV (Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine) - Polio vaccine (1st dose)** **3. PCV (Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine) - Pneumonia vaccine (1st dose)** **4. Rota (Rotavirus vaccine) - 1st dose** **c.10 weeks:** **1. DTP-Hib-HepB - 2nd dose** **2. IPV - 2nd dose** **3. PCV - 2nd dose** **4. Rota - 2nd dose** **d.14 weeks:** **1. DTP-Hib-HepB - 3rd dose** **2. IPV - 3rd dose** **3. PCV - 3rd dose** **e. 9 months:** **1. Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine** **2. Yellow Fever vaccine** **f. 18 months:** **1. Vitamin A supplementation** **g. 2 years:** **1. Booster dose of DTP-Hib-HepB** **2. Booster dose of IPV** **h.5 years:** **1. Booster dose of DTP-Hib-HepB** **i.10 years:** **1. Td (Tetanus and Diphtheria) booster dose** **2. HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccine (for girls)**