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Dr. Beneeta HettiarachchiConsultant Neonatologist

Vaccination schedule calculator

Enter your baby’s date of birth to see when each vaccine is due on Sri Lanka’s national schedule, from birth to five years.

  1. At birth

    BCG

    Preferably within 24 hours of birth, before leaving hospital.

  2. 2 months

    OPV (1st dose) · Pentavalent (DTP-HepB-Hib) (1st dose) · fIPV (1st dose)

  3. 4 months

    OPV (2nd dose) · Pentavalent (DTP-HepB-Hib) (2nd dose) · fIPV (2nd dose)

  4. 6 months

    OPV (3rd dose) · Pentavalent (DTP-HepB-Hib) (3rd dose)

  5. 9 months

    MMR (1st dose)

  6. 12 months

    Live JE

  7. 18 months

    OPV (4th dose) · DTP (4th dose)

  8. 3 years

    MMR (2nd dose)

  9. 5 years

    OPV (5th dose) · DT (5th dose)

Dates are worked out from the National Immunization Schedule, Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health. Your Public Health Midwife (PHM) or clinic gives the final date and records each dose in your Child Health Development Record (CHDR).

General information written for parents in Sri Lanka by Dr. Beneeta Hettiarachchi. It does not replace an examination of your child.

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