One in three children receiving primary care has a delayed vaccine

Between January and November 2022, 33.1% of infants and children (up to 11 years of age) seen at primary care consultations across the country had not yet been vaccinated.

Data was taken from the production report column of sisab (Primary Care Health Information System) from the Ministry of Health.

The percentage for 2022 is the highest in the past five yearsa period when the country saw its lowest vaccination coverage rates in the national calendar.

• 2018 – 29.6%
• 2019 – 30.2%
• 2020 – 30.8%
• 2021 – 25.8%
• 2022* – 33.1%

* Data through November

The column presented the data to SBIM (Brazilian Society of Immunization), which states that vaccine frequency has many factors, ranging from difficulty of access to lack of information from children’s parents.

As much as we talk about the extremely high risks of a disease like polio, today’s parents have not seen these diseases; So it is unlikely that they will be able to see these risks. And the Ministry of Health has not communicated enough for a long time. There is no point in scheduling a campaign, warning the day before and not reporting the reason for this.
Isabella balalayvice president sbim

referring to autumn

Brazil has, since 1973, a PNI (National Program of Immunization). The country model has become an international reference in vaccination. Today, SUS applies more than 30 free immunization devices to protect against various diseases:

• 17 vaccines for children
• 7 for teens
• 5 for adults and the elderly
• 3 for pregnant women

But good vaccination coverage rates have been declining since 2016The country suffers from successive falls.

Vaccination coverage data is not closed in 2022.

The topic of vaccination is among 10 emergencies traced through the transition of government and cited in Inauguration speech By Minister of Health Nicia Trindade.

For the year 2023, the government They must struggle to expand vaccine coverage Because the Bolsonaro government did not plan to purchase additional fortifiers to expand the stockpile.

That is, the number of doses for this year is just enough to maintain the current levels, which do not reach 75% in any of the major immunization devices. For efficient vaccination coverage, it is necessary to keep the rate above 90%.