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3mo ago

Brazil Launches Nationwide Multivaccination Drive to Update Children’s Shots

The campaign aims to raise low childhood immunization rates by adding a polio booster and expanding measles vaccination in affected São Paulo municipalities.

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Overview

  • The Campanha Nacional de Multivacinação began on Monday and runs through September 1 with a national 'Dia D' of intensified vaccination on August 22.
  • The national schedule now uses only the inactivated polio vaccine (VIP) and adds a second booster at age four in addition to primary doses at 2, 4 and 6 months and a first booster at 15 months.
  • Because health teams detected an import-linked chain of measles transmission, the Ministry recommended that people aged 6 months to 59 years in São Paulo, Guarulhos and São Bernardo do Campo be vaccinated during the campaign.
  • States and cities are offering all vaccines in the National Calendar at UBS/USF clinics, schools and extra points using extended hours, mobile units and home visits to find and immunize children and adolescents with incomplete records.
  • Coverage has fallen below the ministry target of 95% in many areas, for example preliminary São Paulo rates near 77.5% (first dose) and 65.5% (second dose) for the triple‑viral vaccine, a gap officials say must close to prevent reintroduction of measles or poliovirus.