Introduction of Sequential Inactivated Polio Vaccine-Oral Polio Vaccine Schedule for Routine Infant Immunization in Brazil's National Immunization Program
| Autor: | Nair Menezes, Carla Magda Allan Santos Domingues, Ana Carolina Cunha Marreiros, Brendan Flannery, Sirlene de Fatima Pereira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Vaccination schedule Population complex mixtures Article Polio vaccine medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Disease Eradication education Immunization Schedule education.field_of_study Immunization Programs business.industry Vaccination Infant social sciences medicine.disease Polio Vaccination Poliomyelitis Poliovirus Vaccine Inactivated Infectious Diseases Immunization Child Preschool Poliovirus Vaccine Oral Immunology Female business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infectious Diseases. 210:S143-S151 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
| Popis: | In August 2012, the Brazilian Ministry of Health introduced inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) as part of sequential polio vaccination schedule for all infants beginning their primary vaccination series. The revised childhood immunization schedule included 2 doses of IPV at 2 and 4 months of age followed by 2 doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) at 6 and 15 months of age. One annual national polio immunization day was maintained to provide OPV to all children aged 6 to 59 months. The decision to introduce IPV was based on preventing rare cases of vaccine-associated paralytic polio, financially sustaining IPV introduction, ensuring equitable access to IPV, and preparing for future OPV cessation following global eradication. Introducing IPV during a national multivaccination campaign led to rapid uptake, despite challenges with local vaccine supply due to high wastage rates. Continuous monitoring is required to achieve high coverage with the sequential polio vaccine schedule. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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