Abstract

DOMINGUES, Carla Magda Allan S  and  TEIXEIRA, Antônia Maria da Silva. Vaccination coverage and impact on vaccine-preventable diseases in Brazil between 1982 and 2012: National Immunization Program progress and challenges. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.1, pp.9-27. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742013000100002.

OBJETIVE: to describe vaccination coverage (VC) and its homogeneity, dropout rates (DR) and the occurrence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Brazil. METHODS: a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted based on National Immunization Program (PNI) information systems data for the period 2002-2012 in order to calculate VC, its homogeneity and DR indicators, and also based on data provided by the Ministry of Health's Communicable Diseases Coordination sector for the period 1982-2011 in order to calculate disease incidence. RESULTS: VC was high in both routine vaccination and campaigns, resulting in the elimination or drastic reduction in preventable disease incidence, despite VC heterogeneity. CONCLUSION: the vaccination strategies adopted have increased vaccine availability in terms of territorial extension and, above all, in terms of population coverage. The establishment of the PNI as a public health policy priority has contributed to the reduction in vaccine-preventable disease incidence.

Keywords : Immunization Programs; Vaccination; Vaccination Coverage; Descriptive Epidemiology; Communicable Diseases.

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