Question
With the wide variety of vaccines available today, parents are seeking a comprehensive “Child Vaccination Schedule Chart,” especially in cases where children need vaccines not included in the regular vaccination card, such as chickenpox. They hope to have experts provide a detailed vaccination schedule for children under the age of 15 for reference.
Answer
The recommended pediatric vaccination schedule is to complete the routine vaccinations for five types of vaccines within one week of the child’s first birthday. Specifically, the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine and BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine should be administered immediately after birth; the second dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is given one month after birth; from two to four months old, the polio vaccine should be taken once a month; from three to five months old, the diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus combined vaccine should be injected once a month; at six months old, the third dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is administered; and at eight months old, the measles vaccine is given. From one and a half to two years old, booster doses of measles, polio, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus combined vaccine, Japanese encephalitis vaccine, and epidemic meningitis vaccine are administered; at four years old, booster doses of polio, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus combined vaccine are administered.