OBJECTIVE: to describe the results of Rapid Monitoring Vaccination monitoring conducted with the aim of interrupting the measles outbreak in the State of Ceará, Brazil, in 2015. METHODS: this was a descriptive study using data taken from 52,216 vaccination cards of children aged from 6 months to less than 5 years and data on vaccination coverage, homogeneity, and reasons for non-vaccination extracted from the National Immunization Program Information System (SI-PNI). RESULTS: vaccination coverage against measles reached 96.7% in Ceará; of the 21 Regional Health Offices in the State, four did not reach minimum coverage of 95% for the first dose, and two for the second dose; 836 children (1.6%) were not vaccinated and 1,388 vaccine doses were not used. CONCLUSION: Measles vaccination campaigns enabled the immunization coverage goal in the State of Ceará to be surpassed, despite the considerable number of unvaccinated children found.
OBJECTIVE: to describe the results of Rapid Monitoring Vaccination monitoring conducted with the aim of interrupting the measles outbreak in the State of Ceará, Brazil, in 2015. METHODS: this was a descriptive study using data taken from 52,216 vaccination cards of children aged from 6 months to less than 5 years and data on vaccination coverage, homogeneity, and reasons for non-vaccination extracted from the National Immunization Program Information System (SI-PNI). RESULTS: vaccination coverage against measles reached 96.7% in Ceará; of the 21 Regional Health Offices in the State, four did not reach minimum coverage of 95% for the first dose, and two for the second dose; 836 children (1.6%) were not vaccinated and 1,388 vaccine doses were not used. CONCLUSION: Measles vaccination campaigns enabled the immunization coverage goal in the State of Ceará to be surpassed, despite the considerable number of unvaccinated children found.
Authors: M Sanni Ali; Maria Yury Ichihara; Luciane Cruz Lopes; George C G Barbosa; Robespierre Pita; Roberto Perez Carreiro; Djanilson Barbosa Dos Santos; Dandara Ramos; Nivea Bispo; Fabiana Raynal; Vania Canuto; Bethania de Araujo Almeida; Rosemeire L Fiaccone; Marcos E Barreto; Liam Smeeth; Mauricio L Barreto Journal: Front Pharmacol Date: 2019-09-23 Impact factor: 5.810