The National Flu Vaccination Campaign officially begins on Monday (7) in all regions of Brazil except the north-in the region, it will be in the second half of the year, period of highest occurrence of the disease, according to the Ministry of Health.
Despite the official date, some municipalities, such as São Paulo, have already started vaccination as soon as they began to receive immunizers, following the guidance of the federal folder. The doses of the flu vaccine are available at the UBS and Integrated Network UBS/UBSS – at first, only for the priority group.
35 million doses of the vaccine will be distributed at this first moment, but the vaccination strategy will be maintained throughout the year, surpassing the seasonal campaign and integrating with the national vaccination calendar. The goal is to vaccinate 90% of priority groups, including children, pregnant women and the elderly.
See who is the target audience for the influenza influenza virus: the flu:
- 6 -month -old children under 6
- Pregnant women
- Elderly from 60 years
- Health workers
- Teachers of basic and superior teachings
- Indigenous peoples
- Homeless people
- Safety and rescue forces professionals
- Armed Forces professionals
- People with noncommunicable chronic diseases and other special clinical conditions (regardless of age)
- People with permanent disabilities
- Trucker
- Collective Road Transport Workers (Urban and Long Course)
- Port workers
- Employees of the deprivation system
- Private population of liberty, as well as adolescents and young people under socio -educational measures (between 12 and 21 years)
Those who are not part of the campaign’s target audience and want to get vaccinated against flu, need to seek the immunizer in the private network. Another option is to wait for the vaccination of this public considered a priority in the public network, since, at this time, any remaining doses will be released to other groups, according to the Ministry of Health.
In all, the Ministry of Health acquired 73.6 million doses of the immunizer. Of these, 67.6 million are being directed from this first half to the south, southeast, midwest and northeast. Already the other 5.9 million doses are to the northern region and will begin to be distributed in the second semester. The total amount of the investment is R $ 1.3 billion, and the target audience is 81.6 million people, says the government.
“While in the South, Southeast, Midwest and Northeast the peak of cases occurs in autumn and winter (April to June), in the northern region, due to the tropical climate and the rainfall regime, the largest circulation of the virus happens in the second semester, usually between September and November, the so-called ‘Amazon winter’,” says the federal government.
“The Ministry of Health adjusts the calendar to ensure that vaccination occurs at the most strategic moment, providing greater protection to the population.”
This content was originally published in the National Flu Vaccination Campaign starts today; See target audience on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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