By the municipality of Santa Maria
After the start of the polio vaccination campaign with low demand, the insistence of the Santa Maria City Council to stress the importance of immunization gives the expected result. On Saturday (22), a vaccination operation that moved five health units increased vaccine prevalence in children aged 1 to 4 years in Santa Maria to 80%, with 225 doses applied that day. The health department’s goal is to vaccinate at least 90% of the target audience.
According to the Minister of Health, Guilherme RibasThis work was important, and other work was carried out as well. But he notes that in addition to these specific measures, the dose is available in health units in the city.
“With Saturday’s vaccination, we have reached 10,696 applied doses, giving 80% of children aged 1 to 4 years. It is always worth reminding parents that it is important to get the polio vaccine as well as comply with other vaccines given to children, so we can put away children about their risk of developing preventable diseases,” he says.
Even without counting Saturday’s numbers, the Ministry of Health system indicates that 72% of 1-year-olds, 77% of 2-year-olds, 80% of 3-year-olds, and 85% of 4-year-olds have already done so . was vaccinated. With this estimate, 78.89% of the children in the city have already been immunized. When calculating this weekend’s numbers, the ratio is 80.6%.
Applicable doses per healthy unit on Saturday:
- UBS and the Mozaquatro Monastery: 42
- ESF San Francisco: 14
- Nova Santa Marta EACs: 10
- Villa Maringa: 54
- UBS Oneyde de Carvalho: 23
- Jose Erasmo Crocetti Central Clinic: 82
- Total: 225 doses
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