This Saturday (20) Santa Catarina will host D-Day to mobilize campaigns for polio vaccination and multi-vaccination of children and adolescents under 15 years of age.

D-Day mobilization of the National Polio and Measles Vaccination Campaign. – Photo: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil/North Dakota

On this day, the municipalities of Santa Catarina will take part in a large working group to update the vaccination book with the opening of posts during the day.

Dive Immunization Manager (Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance) Ariely Schiessl Fialho notes that D-Day is a great opportunity, especially for those parents and guardians who find it difficult to get their children to posts during the week.

“We know that many people work during the hours when the stations are open. So D-Day is an opportunity to update your children’s notebooks,” emphasizes the manager.

Promotions will last until September 9th. The posts offer 17 vaccines that protect against more than 20 diseases.

partial balance

According to the partial balance made during the first week of the campaigns and published last Monday (15), 47,814 children and adolescents aged 0-14 have updated their vaccination books. Of these, 17,210 children under the age of 1 and 1 were vaccinated.

A new balance sheet with updated data for D-Day and the second week of campaigns will be released next Monday (22).

Polio and vaccination

Polio and polio campaigns to update the Vaccination Guide for Children and Adolescents under 15 take place in all municipalities of Santa Catarina from 8 August to 9 September.

The Polio Vaccination Campaign shows non-selective vaccination of children aged 1 to 5 years (4 years, 11 months and 29 days) with OPV (oral polio vaccine) if they have received three doses of the vaccine. VIP (inactivated polio vaccine) basic regimen.

For children under one year of age, vaccination should be given according to the vaccination situation established for the main calendar, 1st dose at 2 months, 2nd dose at 4 months and 3rd dose at 6 months with VIP vaccine. Estimated audience – 488,948 children aged 0 to 4 years.

As part of the multi-vaccination campaign, all vaccines from the National Immunization Schedule will be offered to children and adolescents under the age of 15 years (14 years, 11 months and 29 days). There are 17 species that protect against more than 20 diseases such as yellow fever, measles, meningitis and others.

Doses are recommended for all those who, for whatever reason, have not been vaccinated or have an incomplete vaccination schedule. It is important to note that the desired vaccination coverage is 95% for almost all vaccines, except for rotavirus and BCG, which is 90%.

During the Campaign, children and teenagers can also be vaccinated against Covid-19.

According to the instructions of the Ministry of Health, it is no longer necessary to wait for the 15-day interval for the use of the Covid-19 vaccine and other doses of the National Immunization Schedule in children from 3 years of age. Therefore, doses can be taken simultaneously or at any interval.

In case of doubt about the vaccination status of a child or adolescent, it is recommended to contact the vaccination point.

The vaccines that will be offered during the Campaigns are included in the Basic Immunization Schedule for children and adolescents:

• VIP – inactivated polio vaccine
• OPV – oral polio vaccine
• Yellow fever
• Triple virus (measles, mumps and rubella)
• dTpa (adult diphtheria and tetanus)
• Diphtheria and tetanus in adults
• Meningococcal ACWY (meningococcal disease ACWY)
• Quadrivalent HPV (HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18)
• BCG (severe forms of tuberculosis)
• Pentavalent hepatitis (tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, Haemophilus influenzae b and hepatitis b)
• Rotavirus (rotavirus diarrhea)
• Pneumococcal 10 (invasive pneumococcal infection for all 10 serotypes)
• Meningococcal disease C (meningococcal disease C)
• DTP (diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough)
• Chickenpox (chickenpox)