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Expanded Program On Immunization/National Immunization Program

The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) was established in 1976 to provide infants, children and mothers access to routinely recommended vaccines for six diseases: tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and measles. The EPI initially targeted these six vaccine-preventable diseases with vaccines administered through intramuscular, subcutaneous, oral, or intradermal routes.

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Expanded Program On Immunization/National Immunization Program

The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) was established in 1976 to provide infants, children and mothers access to routinely recommended vaccines for six diseases: tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and measles. The EPI initially targeted these six vaccine-preventable diseases with vaccines administered through intramuscular, subcutaneous, oral, or intradermal routes.

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Expanded Program on

Immunization/National
Immunization Program
The Expanded Program on Immunization
(EPI) was established in 1976 to ensure
that infants/children and mothers have
access to routinely recommended
infant/childhood vaccines.
Six vaccine-preventable diseases were initially included in
the EPI:
– tuberculosis

– poliomyelitis

– diphtheria

– tetanus

– pertussis

– measles
Route
BCG (ID) Measles (SC)
Hep B (IM) JE Vaccine (SC)
DTwP – Hib – Hep B (IM)
IPV (ID)/OPV (oral) MMR (SC)
PCV (IM) Varicella (SC)
RV (oral) Hep A (IM)
Influenza (IM) HPV (IM)

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