Side effects from vaccines are usually not serious in most babies. However, you need to visit your doctor if you notice:
| Age When Given | Name of the Vaccine | Protects Against | Comments |
| At Birth | BCG OPV 0: Oral Polio Vaccine, first dose. Hep-B 1: Hepatitis- B vaccine, first dose | Protects against Tuberculosis. Protects against Polio. Protects against Hepatitis-B. | Hepatitis-B vaccine should be administered to all babies before being discharged from the hospital. |
| At 6 weeks: | DTwP 1/DTaP 1 IPV 1: Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine. Hib 2. RV 1: Rotavirus, first dose. PCV 1. | DTaP: Protects against Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis. Protects against Polio. Protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b. Protects against Rotavirus. Protects against Pneumococcal disease, first dose. | Polio: If IPV is unaffordable or unavailable, all doses of IPV may be replaced with OPV. If IPV is started at 8 weeks, 2 doses should be administered instead of 3 and there should be an interval of 8 weeks between the doses. Rotavirus: 2 doses of RV-1 are given. |
| At 10 weeks: | DTwP 2/DTaP 2. IPV 2: Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine. Hib 2. RV 2: Rotavirus, second dose. PCV 2. | Protects against Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis. Protects against polio Protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b. RV 2 - Protect against Rotavirus. Protects against Pneumococcal disease, second dose. | |
| At 6 months: | OPV 1: Oral Polio Vaccine, second dose Hep-B 3: Hepatitis-B vaccine, third dose |
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