which combines DPT with the Salk vaccine against Polio, the method will be:

• Quadruplex ( IPV + DPT ): at the ages of 2, 4, 12 months.
  
  
• DPT: at the age of 6 months.
  
  

4. Triple vaccination against Measles, Mumps, Rubella ( MMR ):
   
   

Given at the age of 15 months.

(Note: It is necessary to point out that UNRWA gives an additional dose of the Measles vaccine, at the age of 9 months - within the boundaries of the refugee camps).

2. Vaccinations for children and youth:
   
   
1. Against Poliomyelitis ( OPV = SABIN ) at the age of 6 years.
   
   
2. Against Measles - at the age of 6 years.
   
   
3. Against Tuberculosis - given BCG ( after a Tuberculin test = Mantoux test ) at the age of 6 years.
   
   

( Note: It is necessary to note that UNRWA gives an additional dose of the BCG vaccine immediately after birth).

4. Vaccination against Diptheria and Tetanus - DT (at special concentration suitable for children) is given as a booster vaccination at the age of 6 years.
   
   

An additional booster vaccination - DT ( at a special concentration suitable for adults ) is given at the age of 15 years.

5. Against Rubella, for girls only, at the age of 12 years.
   
   

3.          Vaccination against Tetanus for pregnant women:
   
   

Tetanus Toxoid vaccination is given in order to avoid Tetanus Neonatorum.

First dose is given at the beginning of the second third of the pregnancy ( in the fourth or fifth month ) and a second dose before the birth (during the eighth month of pregnancy).

4.          Vaccination against Hepatitis B for specific members of the population:
   
   
1. A newborn whose mother was found to be suffering with Hepatitis B during her pregnancy or is a carrier of the disease ( discovered after a routine test for this disease in pregnant women ) - receives vaccination against Hepatitis B. The vaccination is given a number of days after the birth and includes an active and passive vaccine: HBV and HBIG.
   
   
2. The husband of a pregnant woman who is sick or is a carrier of the disease ( who was checked for Hepatitis B and found healthy ) - receives an active vaccination - HBV.
   
   
3. Hospital workers, including nurses, technicians and others, who come into contact with blood intensively: in laboratories, haemodialysis units, intensive

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