Increase in demand for measles vaccine in Niterói

that the Pan American Health Organization considered that the disease had been eradicated in Brazil in 2016. In the state of Rio, the Ministry of Health confirmed seven cases, and 33 are the subject of an investigation. The Niterói Municipal Health Department reports that for 20 years there have been no cases of measles in the city, nor of patients suspected of having contracted the disease, but as usual, joined the national vaccination campaign which will begin on August 6

Taís Sanches, head nurse of the vaccination center of the municipal polyclinic, Dr. Sérgio Arouca, at Vital Brazil, says that on the spot

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The objective of the municipality is to vaccinate about 25,000 children in the national campaign. Although the target audience is 1 to 4 years old, it is advisable for adults under 49 years old who do not know if they have received the measles vaccine to appear on the baby. one of the points of the vaccination card. People aged 5-29 receive two doses of MMR vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella, with a 30-day interval between doses. People aged 30 to 49 years receive only one dose of the triple virus. People who are febrile, hypersensitive to neomycin, allergic to egg proteins, diseases that affect the immune system and pregnant women can not be vaccinated.

– Brazil was considered a measles free zone, which meant that the virus from outside the country could not circulate because of the high percentage of people vaccinated. The epidemic that we have now reflects the fact that we have dropped the guard on vaccine coverage because people have stopped vaccinating, and the virus that comes from outside the country ends up circulating. The means of prevention is the vaccine, and the goal is to vaccinate 95% of the population – says Renato Kfouri, vice president of the Brazilian Society of Immunization.

Poliomyelitis vaccine also enters the national campaign. There has been no record of the disease in the country for 28 years, but the World Health Organization also warns of the need for parents to vaccinate their children so that the disease continues to flourish. to be eradicated. During the national campaign, 54 immunization rooms in regional polyclinics, basic health units and Family Physician modules will receive the population for free vaccination.

Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm. August 18 will be the mobilization of D-Day, with more than 500 professionals applying doses in these units.

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