VACCINE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN FROM ZERO TO TWELVE MONTHS OF AGE IN BASIC HEALTH UNITS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO (Atena Editora)

Abstract

The Brazilian National Immunization Program makes several vaccines available to children, seeking to increase vaccination coverage and reach the target of 95%. Failure in collective immunization can lead to outbreaks, often of diseases that were under control in the country. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the vaccination coverage of children from zero to twelve months of age followed up at Basic Health Units (BHU) in the northern district of Ribeirão Preto. The electronic or physical medical records of children from zero to twelve months of age who attended the UBS in the northern district of Ribeirão Preto were checked, and the vaccines registered according to the National Vaccination Calendar were evaluated. The analyzed vaccines were classified as “confirmed” or “unconfirmed”. Vaccination records of 502 children under one year of age were evaluated. The BCG vaccine achieved vaccination coverage of 97.20%; Hepatitis B 96.60%; Pentavalente reached 92.31%, 73.47% and 50.83%, in the first, second and third doses, respectively; VIP 94.58%, 89.88% and 77.70% in the first, second and third doses respectively; Rotavirus 92.97% and 88.56% in the first and second doses respectively; 10-valent pneumococcal 93.45% and 89.92% in the first and second doses, respectively; Meningococcal C 92.25% and 86.94% in the first and second doses respectively; Yellow Fever reached 63.36%; Triple Viral 78.81%. It was concluded that only the BCG, Hepatitis B, VIP (1st dose), Human Rotavirus (1st dose) and Pneumococcal 10 (1st dose) vaccines met the established coverage.