On National Immunization Day (09/06), celebrated this Friday, the State Secretariat of Health of Rio de Janeiro (SES-RJ), through the Under Secretary for Surveillance and Primary Health Care (SVAPS), stresses with the community the importance of keeping an up-to-date vaccination record, especially For children and adolescents. It is important that mothers, fathers and/or guardians take their children to a health unit closer to their place of residence so that professionals can evaluate the vaccination booklet and, if necessary, update incomplete or delayed vaccination schedules.
SES-RJ explains that the country is going through a critical period of risk of resurgence of diseases that have already been eradicated, such as polio (polio), and it is necessary to eliminate the spread of the measles virus, which continues to affect the Brazilian population. . In this context, it is necessary to improve the vaccination coverage of all vaccines in the national vaccination calendar, which has been decreasing over the past ten years, and exacerbated with the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
In addition to the pandemic, factors such as fake news and the information epidemic (Fake News), associated with the false sense that there are no more diseases circulating, have led to mistrust among the population about the relevance and efficacy of vaccines delivered by PNI/MS.
The Department of Health notes that, in addition to being safe, vaccinations are among the most effective measures to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases. In the state of Rio de Janeiro there are about 2,000 vaccination rooms distributed in 92 municipalities. Since dosing is the purview of municipal councils, within the primary care strategy, the SES-RJ often develops several joint actions with the municipal epidemiological surveillance and primary care teams. These include holding periodic meetings to reinforce the importance of actively seeking out unvaccinated people, and conducting home visits and vaccinations outside walls to update outdated vaccination schedules.
In addition, the Rio de Janeiro Ministry of Health is also purchasing equipment for donation to municipalities, with the aim of improving the structure of vaccine rooms. There are also resource transfers to municipalities so that they can purchase equipment for health units with vaccination rooms.
Vaccination rates (updated 6/6/23)
Polio (inactivated – VIP) – 2, 4 and 6 months
2023 – 36.04%
2022 – 58.89%
2021 – 55.81%
Polio (attenuated oral or vop – first reference) – 15 months
2023 – 28.08%
2022 – 49.23%
2021 – 45.86%
Polio 4 years – 4 years to less than 5 years
2023 – 22.47%
2022 – 44.45%
2021 – 39.89%
MMR D1 – 12 months
2023 – 37.87%
2022 – 66.74%
2021 – 59.48%
MMR D2 – 15 months
2023 – 28.83%
2022 – 50.49%
2021 – 40.31%
Bivalent (7/6/23)
1,979,850 – applicable doses
Flu (5/29/23)
2,211,512 – applied doses
27.72% – cover charge
