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The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday morning that the number of confirmed measles cases in the country in 2018 has reached 822. The 18-day report of the last day indicated 667 occurrences. Five deaths have been reported and the state of Amazonas is leading the number of cases (519).
The presentation was presented by Minister Gilberto Occhi at the launch of the National Immunization Campaign against Measles and Polio. The mutirão focuses on children over 1 year and under 5 years old and will take place between August 6th and 31st. The goal is to vaccinate more than 11.2 million children across the country.
"Cases of measles and poliomyelitis have been banned from diseases that have existed in the country for a number of years and vaccine coverage has dropped.The possible causes of the fall are the success of the vaccine, which eliminates diseases, individual ignorance about the benefit of the vaccine and the hours of operation of immunization units, which is incompatible with the activities of families.The fourth element is the false news.In Brazil, we have 822 measles contamination and we can not afford more contamination by this disease.There have been five confirmed deaths, "said the Minister.No cases were recorded in 2016 and 2017 in Brazil. 19659004] In the country, there are also 3,831 cases of measles being investigated.No cases of poliomyelitis have been reported in Brazil since 1989. "In the world we identify three s countries that still have the disease: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. We have no identification of the circulation of polio in Brazil, but we have low immunization coverage. Vaccination is important, "said Occhi.On the presentation, Occhi showed that in 2011, coverage of the polio vaccine was 101.3% and fell to 78.4% in 2017. In the case of the first dose of measles vaccine, it rose from 102.3% (2011) to 85.2% (2017) The second dose increased from 92.8% (2014) to 69.9% (2017)
Even children who have already taken the doses of the measles and polio vaccine will have to participate in the action. "It's time to call all the children, to create a health barrier and to correct potential vaccine failures, because children may not respond to the scheme and provide additional reinforcement to correct these defects. According to Carla Domingues, general coordinator of the National Immunization Program (NIP), there is no risk of overloading the child.
According to Carla, there is no minimum interval between doses of the polio vaccine. In the case of measles, you should not take the vaccine that has received immunization in the last 30 days. The second dose of measles vaccine should be taken after vaccination, with a three-month interval between doses.
The investment for the campaign was 160.7 million reais for the acquisition of 28.3.
The polio immunization schedule is composed of three doses administered at 2, 4 and 6 months, requiring two reminders at 15 months and at 4 years. Immunization against measles is done by means of the triple viral vaccine, which also protects against rubella and mumps. The vaccination schedule is one dose at 12 months, with a booster at 15 months.
In the state of São Paulo, the State Department of Health plans the start of the immunization campaign for next Saturday, in a note, that the goal is "to facilitate parents and caregivers to take children to health posts. " During the day, about 4,000 fixed vaccination posts and 300 other leaflets will be opened
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In June, the Ministry of Health issued a warning on the risk of a return of poliomyelitis children. least 312 Brazilian cities, including 44 in the state of São Paulo, based on the low vaccination coverage recorded in these places – which did not reach 50%, while the goal is to 95%. In 2017, at least 800,000 children did not have the full vaccination program, consisting of three doses of the vaccine.
Data released by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that vaccination rates are increasing worldwide. fell in Brazil for three years.
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