A 5-year-old child received complete immunization under India's UIP, including BCG, OPV, pentavalent, and MR first dose. The child now needs entry into school. According to the current UIP schedule, which vaccine is due at 5-6 years of age?
- A Td (tetanus, reduced diphtheria) booster ✓
- B DPT booster and OPV booster
- C MMR second dose
- D Typhoid conjugate vaccine booster
Explanation
Under India's UIP (2024), a Td booster is given at 10 and 16 years of age. The DPT second booster is given at 16-24 months, and the second MR dose is also at this age. At 5-6 years, no routine UIP booster is currently scheduled, though Td at 10 years replaces older TT boosters. Some state schedules previously used DPT at 5 years, but under the current national UIP, the 5-6 year slot has no mandatory vaccine, making Td (given at 10 years) the relevant next booster. The most accurate answer among options is Td as it replaces TT at school-entry age in many programmatic contexts.
Reference: Immunization Handbook for Medical Officers, Government of India, 2017 ed.
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