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. 2020 Nov 9:54:115.
doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054003142. eCollection 2020.

Pandemic and vaccine coverage: challenges of returning to schools

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Ana Paula Sayuri Sato  1
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Pandemic and vaccine coverage: challenges of returning to schools

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Ana Paula Sayuri Sato. Rev Saude Publica. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Since March 2020, Brazil has faced the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), which has severely modified the way in which the population lives and uses health services. As such, face-to-face attendance has dropped dramatically, even for child vaccination, due to measures of social distancing to mitigate the transmission of the virus. Several countries have recorded a substantial drop in vaccination coverage in children, especially of those under two years of age. In Brazil, administrative data indicate the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on this downward trend, which was already an important challenge of the National Immunization Program in recent years. Many children will be susceptible to immunopreventable diseases, which reinforces the need to assess the vaccine status of schoolchildren before returning to face-to-face classes.

RESUMO: Desde março de 2020, o Brasil enfrenta a pandemia da doença do coronavírus 2019 (covid-19), que modificou intensamente o modo de viver da população e o uso dos serviços de saúde, nos quais o comparecimento presencial caiu drasticamente, inclusive para a vacinação infantil, devido às medidas de distanciamento social para mitigar a transmissão do vírus. Diversos países registraram queda substancial das coberturas vacinais em crianças, especialmente nas menores de dois anos de idade. No Brasil, dados administrativos apontam o impacto da pandemia de covid-19 no agravamento dessa queda, que já constituía um desafio importante do Programa Nacional de Imunizações nos últimos anos. Muitas crianças estarão suscetíveis a doenças imunopreveníveis, o que reforça a necessidade de avaliar a situação vacinal dos escolares antes do retorno às aulas presenciais.

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Figures

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Figure. Number of doses applied of the pentavalent vaccine* (first dose) in Brazil, month and year (2015–2020).
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Figura. Número de doses aplicadas da vacina pentavalente* (primeira dose) no Brasil, segundo mês e ano (2015–2020).
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