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Step 1
Vaccinate your baby against hepatitis B within the first two months. If you're positive for hepatitis B, get your baby an injection of immune globulin within a week, or even within 12 hours, if possible.
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Step 2
Vaccinate your infant against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (DPT); haemophilus type B influenza (Hib); and polio (IPV) at two months and then again at four months of age. At six months, your baby will get vaccinated again for everything but polio.
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Step 3
Have your baby vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella at 12 to 15 months of age. If your pediatrician recommends it, vaccinate against chicken pox as well.
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Step 4
Vaccinate very young children against typhoid. This will require two injections, one month apart.
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Step 5
Avoid vaccinating babies for yellow fever until they are nine months old.
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Step 6
Administer the same antimalarial drugs that adults take, but reduce the dosage according to the baby's weight, discuss dosage with your pediatrician.











