Some municipalities, such as St. Paul, have already begun the immunization of the target audience of the countryside; The doses are available at UBS and AMAS/UBSS integrated by the public health network
The national campaign of flu vaccination It 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, a period of the highest presence of the disease, according to Ministry of Health.
Despite the official date, some municipalities, such as St. Paul has already started vaccination As soon as they started receiving immunizers, following the guidance of the federal folder. The doses of the vaccine against the flu virus are available in the UBS and Amas/Ubs/Ubs of the network – initially, only for the priority group (Read further below).
35 million doses of vaccine will be distributed at this first moment, but the vaccination strategy will be maintained throughout the year, exceeding 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.
Look who the target audience is for the flu influence virus: the flu:
- Children from 6 months to less than 6 years;
- Pregnant and postpartum women;
- Elderly for 60 years;
- Health workers;
- Teachers of basic and superior teachings;
- Indigenous peoples;
- Homeless;
- Safety and rescue forces professionals;
- Armed forces professionals;
- People with non -transmissible chronic diseases and other special clinical conditions (regardless of age);
- People with permanent disabilities;
- Truck drivers;
- Collective road transport workers (urban and long course);
- Port workers
- Employees of the deprivation system;
- Private population of freedom, as well as teenagers and young people from a socio -educational measures (between 12 and 21 years old).
Those who are not part of the public target audience and want to be vaccinated against the flu, must look for the immunner 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 moment, any remaining doses will be released to other groups, according to the Ministry of Health.
Overall, the Ministry of Health has acquired 73.6 million doses of the immunior. Of these, 67.6 million are directed by this first half to the south, South -est, Midwest and Nord -est. Already the other 5.9 million doses are found in the northern region and will begin to be distributed in the second half of the semester. The total amount of the investment is $ 1.3 billion and the target audience is 81.6 million people, says the government.
“While in the south, south-east, midwest and north-east, the peak of cases occurs in autumn and winter (from April to June), in the northern region, due to the tropical climate and the rainfall regime, the largest circulation of the virus takes place in the second half, usually between September and November, the so-called” winter Amazon “”, says the federal government.
“The Ministry of Health adapts the calendar to ensure that vaccination occurs in the most strategic moment, providing greater protection to the population”.
Source: Terra
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