Multiple vaccinations: Vaccinations are still available in health centers for children and adolescents

MS Government News Portal On December 1, 2021

The multiple vaccination campaign carried out on children and adolescents under the age of 15 years ended on Tuesday (30), after it was extended by the Ministry of Health. Vaccination card while the rest was up to date.

According to the Minister of State for Health, Giraldo Resende, although the campaign is over, the immunizing agents provided are part of routine vaccinations in health facilities. So, even if the campaign ends, it is important that parents or guardians take their children and teens to get their vaccinations. Another point is that parents also pay attention to the deadline for applying vaccine doses. For greater efficiency of vaccines, the interval between immunization agents must be respected.”

For the State Coordinator of Epidemiological Surveillance of SES, Ana Paola Resende de Oliveira Goldfinger, this year’s multiple vaccination campaign came precisely to provoke parents or guardians to look for a health unit to update the vaccination card. “Those who have not yet taken their children can look for health facilities to update their vaccination card in Mato Grosso do Sul. It is very important that children and adolescents get vaccinations to prevent them from contracting opportunistic diseases.”

Learn about the vaccines available in health facilities:

FifthSchools available to children: BCG; hepatitis B; human rotavirus G1P1 (HRV); DTP + Hib + HB (pentatonic); Pneumococcus 10 stout. meningococcal C (conjugated); yellow fever (debilitating); measles, mumps and rubella (SCR); measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox; hepatitis A (HA); diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (DTP); diphtheria and tetanus (dT); human papillomavirus (HPV); 23-valent chickenpox (Pncc 23*) vaccine for Indigenous peoples from five years of age onwards.

Providing vaccinations to teens: hepatitis B (recombinant HB); diphtheria and tetanus (dT); yellow fever (Atennuada); measles, mumps and rubella; human papillomavirus (HPV); meningococcal ACWY (conjugated); pneumaticThe 23-valent optic (Pncc 23) vaccine specified for the indigenous population.