Objective: To report the experience of workshops designed for action plans in microplanning vaccination in Brazilian states and municipalities.
Methods: This was a report on microplanning workshops aimed at mapping the local population, target population and identifying appropriate and effective vaccination actions. Vaccination actions were planned according to the reality of the municipalities using the microplanning method for high-quality vaccination activities.
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December 2024
Objective: To measure the variation in number of doses, vaccination coverage (VC) of administered vaccines, and number of municipalities that achieved the VC target in Brazil with the implementation of microplanning for high-quality vaccination activities (HQVA) and decentralized multivaccination actions.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study used data from the National Live Birth Information System, the National Immunization Program Information System, and the National Health Data Network. The number of doses of hepatitis A (HA), meningococcal conjugate-C, oral poliomyelitis, 10-valent pneumococcal, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP), and measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines administered to children under 2 years of age in 2022 (pre-microplanning) and 2023 (post-microplanning) was estimated.
The National Immunization Program (PNI) is one of Brazil's most significant public health interventions. However, recent years have witnessed a progressive decline in vaccination coverage despite the success of the PNI and the expansion of Primary Health Care (PHC), the main point of entry for the population into health services. To address this challenge, broader strategies are needed, such as identifying areas at high risk for the transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to analyze the operational conditions to preserve immunobiological products in Brazil. This mixed-method study with a sequential explanatory design was developed in vaccination rooms in several Brazilian regions from 2021 to 2022. Its quantitative stage developed a descriptive cross-sectional study by applying the Immunobiological Conservation Assessment Scale to nursing professionals.
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April 2024
Objective: Evaluate the implementation of the Ministry of Health's "Action Plan: Border Vaccination Strategy - Agenda 2022" in the Brazil's 33 twin cities and evaluate the increase in the country's vaccination coverage (VC).
Methodology: Pre-post community clinical trial. Implementation of the strategy was analyzed, and pre- and post-intervention VC were compared in two stages: P1 (pre-intervention) and P2 (post-intervention).
Objective: to analyze the temporal pattern and estimate mortality rates in the first 24 hours of life and from preventable causes in the state of Pernambuco from 2000 to 2021.
Method: an ecological study, using the quarter as the unit of analysis. The data source was made up of the Mortality Information System and the Live Birth Information System.
Pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children, with pneumococcus as the main etiologic agent. In Brazil, the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-10) was introduced into the childhood immunization schedule in 2010. The aim of this study was to assess the impact caused by implementing PCV-10 on the hospitalizations of children with pneumonia, between 2005 and 2015, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: to analyze the risks of deaths in the first 24 hours of life and their preventable causes.
Methods: cross-sectional study carried out in Pernambuco, Northeast of Brazil, between 2000-2019, with mortality and live birth data. The avoidability was analyzed through the Brazilian List of Avoidable Causes of Deaths due to Interventions of the Unified Health System.
This is an ecological study analysing spatial patterns of the total mortality over the first 24 hours of life and that due to preventable causes using data from the mortality information system (SIM) and live birth information system (SINASC) based on the municipalities of Pernambuco State, Brazil. The total mortality rates over the first 24 hours and that due to preventable causes were calculated for each municipality for the decades of 2000 to 2009 and for 2010 to 2019 to enable a comparison of the spatial patterns with spatial scan statistic used to identify clusters. Over the first 24 hours of life, a total of 13,571 deaths were reported, out of which 10,476 (77.
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