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National Multivaccination Campaign starts on October 5th

The focus is to update the vaccine booklet and immunize 11.2 million children against polio


National Multivaccination Campaign starts on October 5th
National Multivaccination Campaign especially for the prevention of polio and measles - Photo: Agência Brasil

Oct 4, The Ministry of Health launched the National Multivaccination Campaign on Oct 2, focused on updating children's books, especially for the prevention of polio and measles. The campaign will run from October 5 to 30.


About 11.2 million children from one year to under five years of age should be vaccinated against polio. The ministry's goal is to reach at least 95% of this target audience. Since 1990, there are no cases of the disease in Brazil and the goal is to maintain this brand.


The update of the vaccination booklet is for children to adolescents under 15 years of age who have not been immunized or have incomplete regimens in accordance with the National Vaccination Calendar.


A national advertising campaign will be launched in the media in the period from 5 to 30 October to warn about the need to vaccinate children and young people.


The Minister of Health, Eduardo Pazuello, stated that Brazil has the largest public immunization program in the world in terms of quantity and area covered. And he told parents and the public to trust vaccines and the importance of immunization against diseases.


“It is very important that we trust the vaccine, trust that we have specialists behind it taking all the precautions, all the precautions and when we offer a vaccine, the mother and father have to be confident to take their child to get the vaccine. Trust me, because they are very qualified specialists who are signing under this vaccine ”, said Eduardo Pazuello.


Health units prepared for vaccination

This year, Zé Gotinha, a symbol character of the vaccination campaign, attended the launch of the multivaccination campaign using a mask as a preventive measure to Covid-19. According to the Ministry of Health, public vaccination posts are prepared to work safely.


Guidance is for only one family member to accompany the person to be vaccinated. That vaccines be applied in open and ventilated places and that people with respiratory problems be screened before entering vaccination sites to prevent the spread of Covid-19.


Updated passbook

The resident of São Luís (MA), Leiliane Frazão, is the mother of Joaquim, 1 year and 2 months old, and Maria Alice, 7 years old, and said that she worries about keeping her children's vaccines up to date. And he said he is always keeping an eye on dates to avoid delays.


“Today, Maria Alice, aged 7, has her complete notebook. Joaquim, for being a year old, we follow the dates that are written down in the booklet to get organized and take him to get the vaccines in that period ”, he reported.


“The vaccine is important for everyone, for children who are in this period of development so that certain types of diseases are avoided. It is important to take the children to get the vaccines and keep the card up to date ”, said Leiliane Frazão.


Vaccine against Covid-19

During the press conference to launch the National Multivaccination Campaign, Minister Pazuello said that the Government is working to make the vaccine to combat Covid-19 the next to be included in the vaccination calendar of the Unified Health System (SUS).


“We worked hard to add the vaccine to combat Covid-19 in this list. This is another big task for SUS, for our immunization program, for the Health Surveillance Secretariat. Soon, we will have another vaccine here, maybe several types, but the Covid-19 vaccine will be released so that we can vaccinate our population in this program, ”he said.

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