EP has five cities with less than 50% of children vaccinated against polio | Pernambuco

The last polio case recorded in Pernambuco was in 1988. Vaccination can be done at health posts in each municipality, according to SES. Doses are available through the Unified Health System (UAS) and should be applied at two, four and six months in injectable form. In oral form, the application must be made at 15 months and four years.

According to Ana Catarina, badysis of immunization coverage is done monthly and the state has alerted municipalities about low rates. The coordinator also informs that, despite its eradication in Brazil, polio continues to pose risks for children.

"We now know that only Pakistan and Afghanistan have a history of poliomyelitis, but if there is contamination, we must maintain the vaccine index above 95%. people are pbading through and can take the disease to other places, "he says.

Another disease that brings SES alert is measles, since 199 cases were recorded in 2013 and 27 in 2014 the last year of the disease To fight against this disease, the alternative is the application of the triple viral vaccine, which still protects against rubella and mumps.

The doses of this vaccine should be given to children aged 12 months and boosted to 15 months.For children over two years old and young people and adults under 29 who have not been vaccinated before, two doses of the triple virus should be administered, with an interval of 30 days.