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Oral polio vaccination schedule trivalent must be given to children. 2, 4 and 6 months of life. The first reinforcement is done at 15 months and the other between 4 and 6 years old. The Department of Health warned that all sites with immunization coverage against polio below 95% are under threat of an outbreak of the disease, highlighting 312 municipalities Brazilian – especially in Bahia, where vaccination against the disease has not reached 50% of the population.
Although Brazil has not registered polio cases for 28 years, parents' resistance to vaccinating their children against the disease has increased the risk of new cases. D and together with World Health Organization (WHO) polio was eradicated in the Americas in 1994, although Venezuela recorded last month the first case in years .
According to Agência Brasil, among the cities where the situation is the most serious, 15% of cases are in Bahia and 14.29% in Maranhão, both in the Northeast region from the country. In the southeast, São Paulo has 44 municipalities in a state of alert; in Espírito Santo, there are no high-risk cities, such as Brasília (DF) and Rondônia. "A city with these indicators has all the conditions to retransmit disease in our country, it will be a disaster for the health as a whole," said Carla Domingues, coordinator of the immunization program, at a meeting with health secretaries
Due to polio cases recently recorded in Venezuela, the Ministry of Health reported last month that the vaccination campaign against the disease in the country should resume the next month: August 6th to 31st. During the last two years the campaign took place in September
In 2017, 22 units of the federation did not reach the coverage considered ideal during the campaign: at least 800,000 children were without a complete vaccination schedule, comprising three doses of immunization. 19659014] Faced with this reality, the ministry guides local managers in the organization of prevention networks, giving them the opportunity to readjust schedules so that they are consistent with the routine of the Brazilian population.
Also known as Infantile Paralysis Poliomyelitis is caused by a virus that lives in intestine ( poliovirus ), reaching children under 4 years of age but can also infect adults. The disease can be transmitted from one person to another through saliva and excrement, as well as contaminated food and water.
Most infections have few symptoms, usually similar to respiratory infections (fever and sore throat) and gastrointestinal (nausea, vomiting and constipation). The paralytic form of poliomyelitis can reach about 1% of those infected with the virus, which can lead to permanent sequelae, respiratory failure and, in some cases, death
. it is possible to prevent the disease through vaccination, which is offered by public health service stations. The trivalent oral vaccine against poliomyelitis should be administered at 2, 4 and 6 months of age. The first reinforcement is performed at 15 months and the other between 4 and 6 years.
