IAP immunisation schedule 2025

The IAP-ACVIP recommended immunisation timetable for Indian children, by completed age. Ages are completed weeks, months or years.

Key changes in 2025

Influenza: quadrivalent → TRIVALENT (B/Yamagata lineage dropped).
HPV: immunocompetent girls 9–<15 y may receive a SINGLE dose.
Rabies PEP: 5-dose IM schedule on days 0, 3, 7, 14, 28 + RIG/RMAb per bite category.
RSV: Nirsevimab (Beyfortus) for HIGH-RISK infants only, after parental counselling.
New products: Havisure (Hep A), Rotavac-5D, PCV13-TT / PCV14 / PCV20, MenFive.

Age	Vaccines
Birth	BCG, OPV-0, Hepatitis B-1 (birth dose)BCG before discharge. OPV as soon as possible after birth. Hep B within 24 h of birth.
6 weeks	DTwP/DTaP-1, IPV-1, Hib-1, Hep B-2, Rotavirus-1, PCV-1DTwP or DTaP may be used. IPV 6–10–14 wk is the recommended schedule.
10 weeks	DTwP/DTaP-2, IPV-2, Hib-2, Hep B-3, Rotavirus-2, PCV-2RV1: 2-dose schedule; all other rotavirus brands: 3-dose schedule.
14 weeks	DTwP/DTaP-3, IPV-3, Hib-3, Hep B-4, Rotavirus-3, PCV-3A 4th Hep B dose is safe and permitted as part of a combination vaccine.
6 months	Influenza (IIV)-1Uniform dose 0.5 mL ≥6 months. TRIVALENT influenza now recommended.
7 months	Influenza (IIV)-22 doses 4 wk apart, then annual till 5 years of age.
6–9 months	Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV)Single dose. No booster dose recommended.
9 months	MMR-1
12 months	Hepatitis A-1Single dose for live-attenuated vaccine; inactivated needs 2 doses.
15 months	MMR-2, Varicella-1, PCV-booster
16–18 months	DTwP/DTaP-B1, Hib-B1, IPV-B1
18–19 months	Hepatitis A-2, Varicella-2Hep A-2 only for the inactivated vaccine.
4–6 years	DTwP/DTaP-B2, IPV-B2, MMR-3
9–<15 years	HPVImmunocompetent GIRLS: single dose. Boys 9–<15 y: 2 doses (0, 6 mo).
10 years	TdapGive even if inadvertently given earlier as DTP-B2. Substitute Td if Tdap unavailable.
15–18 years	HPV15–26 y (females & males) & immunocompromised any age: 3 doses (0, 2, 6 mo).
16–18 years	Td / Tdap