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H1N1: vaccination in the public starts on April 30

31/03/2016

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private clinics already have available 2016 trivalent vaccine.

influenza vaccination campaign runs from April 30 to May 20. 

Early vaccination began on 4th Thursday in northwestern São Paulo (Photo: Playback / TV TEM)

Influenza vaccination using lots 2015 began on the 4th Thursday in northwestern São Paulo (Photo: Playback / TV TEM)

The national campaign influenza vaccination starts on April 30 and runs through May 20, according to the Ministry of Health. On Monday (28), the state of São Paulo asked the federal government to anticipate the campaign before the increase cases of H1N1. The ministry said, however, that this is possible not only that the product is delivered by the producer laboratory in the months before the winter. In the private network, the vaccine is already available. 

According to the folder, until March 19, there have been 46 deaths from H1N1 across the country, 10 deaths more than in the whole of last year, when 36 were killed by the virus.

In public, influenza vaccination is aimed at certain priority groups: children 6 months to 5 years, pregnant women, elderly, health professionals, indigenous peoples and people with chronic diseases and other diseases that compromise immunity.

Vaccine changes every year

While the national campaign does not begin, some cities in the northwest of São Paulo - where the number of H1N1 cases has grown a lot this year - are vaccinating priority groups with lots of vaccine in 2015 requested the Ministry of Health.

The flu vaccine is updated every year to adapt it to the circulating viruses that station and its composition is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO).

However, the 2016 vaccine has not changed in relation to H1N1 compared to last year, so lots 2015 are effective against H1N1. Protection against two other influenza viruses - H3N2 and influenza B - is compromised

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"Because H1N1 is predominating and with a more aggressive behavior, it is worth doing so to block the virus in this community, is a valid public health measure," says Flavia Bravo MD, president of the Brazilian Society of Immunizations (SBIm) - regional RJ. But the people who received the 2015 batch of vaccine should be vaccinated again during the national campaign to also ensure protection against the H3N2 and Influenza virus B.

Flavia explains that it is not possible to advance the production of the vaccine just by varying its composition.

private network already has vaccine

In private clinics, is now available trivalent influenza vaccine in 2016. Already the tetravalent vaccine - which in addition to protecting against the H1N1, H3N2 and Influenza B also protects against a second strain of influenza B - is also beginning to be distributed .

According to Flavia, medical societies recommend the vaccine for all people from 6 months old. "The sooner vaccinated, the better so that when the virus is circulating hard, people are already immunized"

 

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