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04/18/2016
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The flu vaccination starts today (18) in the Federal District and in at least five states - Espírito Santo, Bahia, Goiás, Pará and Pernambuco. One should be careful because, in many places, despite the advance notice, not all risk groups will be served at this time. The National Vaccination Campaign against influenza, for all groups, officially starts on 30 in all cities of the country.
Each State set their target audience to anticipate vaccination against H1N1
In the Federal District, receive the dose this week children from 6 months to under 5 years, pregnant women, women up to 45 days after delivery and health workers of public and private network, totaling 295,000 people. Vaccination will be done in all health centers, from 8am to 12pm and from 13h to 17h.
In the Holy Spirit, the orientation of the Health Department is that only pregnant women, women up to 45 days after delivery and health workers seek the posts in the first moment of the campaign. They represent 13.55% of the total number of people to be vaccinated against influenza throughout the state.
In Bahia, they are already immunized from today all priority groups - the elderly, children 6 months to under 5 years, health workers, pregnant women, women with up to 45 days after delivery, indigenous people, people with chronic diseases, population deprived of freedom, officials of the prison system and adolescents and young people aged 12 to 21 who are under social and educational measures.
In Goiás, the forecast is that 167 municipalities begin to vaccinate all risk groups this week. On the 12th, the campaign was launched in 79 municipalities located in the Central Regional Health (based in Goiânia), Environs South (headquartered in Aparecida de Goiânia), Pyrenees (headquartered in Annapolis) and Railway (headquarters in Catalan).
In Pará, the Department of Health reported that, after receiving 50% of the planned doses, distributed the amount to 81 of the 144 municipalities in the state to the posts make the application in all risk groups from today. The expectation is that the remaining doses to be delivered until April 22, when the remaining 63 municipalities that have not yet started distribution.
In Pernambuco, this week, will only health workers immunized. This first step will until Friday (22). From day 25, the vaccination will be released to other priority groups. So far, the state has received 538,160 doses of the vaccine (24% of total).
According to the Ministry of Health, the flu vaccine is contraindicated in persons with allergies to egg or any other component of the formula and those with anaphylactic reaction to the previous dose. In case of moderate or severe febrile acute diseases, it is recommended to postpone vaccination until the resolution of the picture.
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