User:TMorata/Vaccination in Brazil

Vaccination in Brazil includes the use of vaccines in the Brazilian public health and the place of vaccines in society, policy, and research.

Vaccination Coverage

Free vaccines against several common diseases are provided by the Brazilian National Immunization Program and the Unified Health System to people of all age groups, and historically, coverage has been high, reaching a national rate higher than 90%. Vaccination coverage includes:

• Intradermal BCG vaccine at birth;

• Hepatitis B vaccine at birth, 1 and 6 months;

• Tetravalent vaccine (DTwP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) and +Hib (Haemophilus influenzae b) at 2, 4, and 6 months

• Hib– GSK (OPV (oral polio vaccine) 2, 4, 6, and 15 months;

• GSK Rotavirus (monovalent oral human rotavirus vaccine) at 2 and 4 months;

• Pneumococcal 10-valent conjugate vaccine d at 2, 4, 6, and 10 months

• Meningitis C conjugate vaccine d at 3, 5, and 15 months;

• Yellow fever vaccine 9 months and booster every 10 years;

• MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine) at 12 months and 4 years;

• DTwP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine) at 15 months and 4 years;

• DT (diphtheria and tetanus vaccine) booster every 10 years

Seasonal influenza vaccine Once a year for those

above 60 years of age

16,223,394 - Sanofi-Pasteur (technology transfer agreement

with Instituto Butantan)

Influenza H1N1 vaccine Campaign in 2010 3,140,513 - Sanofi-Pasteur (technology transfer agreement

with Instituto Butantan), GSK, and Novartis

Pneumococcal 23-valent

polysaccharide vaccine