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Table 1 Routine expanded programme on immunization (EPI) schedule in Nigeria

From: Inequitable childhood immunization uptake in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis of individual and contextual determinants

Vaccine

Schedule

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)

Birth

Diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) I

6 weeks

Oral polio vaccine (OPV) I

6 weeks

Diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) II

10 weeks

Oral polio vaccine (OPV) II

10 weeks

Diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) III

14 weeks

Oral polio vaccine (OPV) III

14 weeks

Measles

9 months