With 277,741 doses applied as of Tuesday, Rio Grande do Sul has achieved 50% of the target set by the “National Polio Vaccination Campaign 2022”. The goal is to vaccinate 95% of children from one to four years, 11 months and 29 days with a total of 553,814. According to the state government, only 182 out of 497 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul have actually reached the goal in Republika Srpska.
In Brazil, as of the same date, 4,952,411 children have already been vaccinated, which is 42% of the national target. The vaccination campaign will continue until September 30.
The polio vaccine, in recent years, in Rio Grande do Sul, has not reached the 95% coverage target. Analysis of the historical series of vaccination coverage, from 2017 to 2020, shows discrepancies between 75% and 86%.
An analysis by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in 2021 identified Brazil as one of the countries in the Americas at high risk for re-spreading of the polio virus, along with Bolivia, Panama, Paraguay, Argentina and Ecuador. In Rio Grande do Sul, the analysis showed a worrying scenario, with 42% of municipalities at very high risk and 32% at high risk.
What is polio disease
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is an acute infectious disease caused by the polio virus, which can infect children and adults via the fecal-oral route (through direct contact with faeces or secretions expelled through the mouths of infected people), which can attack the organ. • The nervous system and causes severe flaccid paralysis, especially in the lower extremities.
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