 The majority of children in Nepal receive immunisation through local government outpatient clinics. The national EPI schedule being followed in Nepal currently includes Bacillus Calmette-Guérin BCG at birth, diphtheria, tetanus, whole cell pertussis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b Hib and oral Polio OPV vaccines at 6, 10 and 14 weeks of age, IPV at 14 weeks of age, measles and rubella vaccine at 9 months of age, Japanese Encephalitis JE vaccine at 12-23 months of age in endemic regions only; Kathmandu is one of these regions and tetanus toxoid during pregnancy. Vaccine coverage is high in Nepal with over 90 of infants receiving DTP, by 14 weeks of age in the past 3 years. PCV10 vaccine at 6 and 10 weeks and a booster at 9 months of age was initiated in the new birth cohort only i.e. no catch up program is being instituted as of January 2015 with roll-out beginning in the west of the country and expected to reach the whole of the country by late 2015. 