Immunisation schedule (Oman EPI)

What it is

The 2026 national childhood immunization schedule is:

• At birth: BCG and Hepatitis B.
• 2 months: Hexavalent-1, Rotavirus-1 and PCV-1.
• 4 months: Hexavalent-2, Rotavirus-2, PCV-2 and OPV-1.
• 6 months: Pentavalent-1 and OPV2.
• 9 months: Hemoglobin Screening and Seasonal Influenza.
• 12 months: Meningococcal, MMR1 and Vitamin A 100k IU.
• 13 months: Pentavalent-2 and Varicella 1st Dose.
• 15 months: PCV Booster and Hepatitis A 1st Dose.
• 18 months: MMR Booster, OPV Booster and Vitamin A 200k IU.
• 24 months: Hepatitis A 2nd Dose and Seasonal Influenza.
• 3 years: Seasonal Influenza.
• 4 years: Varicella 2nd Dose and Seasonal Influenza.

Hexa is DTaP + Hib + Hep B + IPV, and Penta is DTaP + Hib + Hep B. The injection site differs by vaccine: intradermal for BCG, subQ for yellow and MMR, oral for OPV and rotavirus, and IM for the rest of vaccine. The influenza vaccine is not given in a child less than 6 months.

The live attenuated vaccines are gathered under the mnemonic MR. V ROY BCG-Typhoid: MMR, rotavirus and varicella; respiratory, meaning intranasal flu; OPV and yellow fever; BCG and oral typhoid. MMR is measles, mumps and rubella; the varicella vaccine is also used in the zoster vaccine; rotavirus is oral and is contraindicated in SCID; only the nasal spray influenza is live, not the IM one; yellow fever is a travel vaccine; OPV is used in some countries and not in the US; BCG is the TB vaccine, with its scar on the arm; and the oral typhoid Ty21a is the live one, not the injected version. The live attenuated vaccines given in early infancy are BCG, rotavirus and oral polio vaccine.