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After extension, complete vaccination campaign against measles and polio

12/12/2014

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Fiocruz promotes today (08), measles vaccination campaign and polio. Besides vaccination there are several educational activities promoted by the institution (Tomaz Silva / Brazil Agency)
 
The measles vaccination campaign against polio and ends today (12) across the country. To meet the goal of the Ministry of Health to immunize 95% of children are missing still be vaccinated about 2 million. Vaccines are available in 35,000 posts throughout the country. The campaign is aimed at children up to 5 years of age.
Vaccination would be closed on the last day 28, but was extended so that the goal was met. According to the Ministry of Health, until yesterday, 10.8 million children were vaccinated against polio and 8.7 million against measles, representing 85% and 79.8% of the target audience, respectively.
 
The polio vaccine is expected to reach 12.7 million children between 6 months and 5 years of age incomplete. The measure aims to maintain the eradication of the disease in Brazil, there are no case since 1990.
 
Vaccination against measles is aimed at children between 1 and 5 years of age incomplete. 10.9 million children with the MMR should be vaccinated.
 
For children with allergy to cow's milk, vaccination against measles occur later. The Ministry of Health has advised the state and municipal departments to avoid applying these children the product supplied by Serum laboratory Institutte of India Ltd. The initiative is a precautionary measure due to the presence of component lactalbumin hydrolyzed at rates provided by the laboratory.
 
To ensure proper vaccination, parents or guardians who take their children to health centers will be asked about a possible allergy to cow's milk. If the child has no previous record of allergy, she will receive the dose normally.
 
Measles is an acute viral disease and highly contagious. The most common symptoms are high fever, cough, red patches, coryza and conjunctivitis. It is transmitted from person to person through discharge from the patient to cough, speak or breathe. Infectious complications contribute to the severity of measles, particularly in malnourished children and children under 1 year. The only way of preventing is by vaccine.
 
Polio is a serious infectious disease, and the only form of prevention is also through vaccination. In most cases, the child does not die when infected, but gets serious injuries that affect the nervous system, causing irreversible paralysis, especially in the lower limbs. The disease is caused by poliovirus infection and occurs mainly orally.


Source: Agency Brazil

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