Rapid Monitoring of Vaccination to prevent measles in Ceará State, Brazil, 2015

• Published in: Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil Vol. 27; no. 2; p. e2016380
• Main Authors: Moura, Ana Débora Assis, Braga, Ana Vilma Leite, Carneiro, Ana Karine Borges, Alves, Elaine Cristina da Silva, Bastos, Camila Maria Marques, Nunes, Iara Holanda, Figueiredo, Tereza Wilma Silva, Canto, Surama Valena Elarrat, Garcia, Márcio Henrique de Oliveira, Teixeira, Antonia Maria da Silva
• Format: Report
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: 28-06-2018
• ISSN: 2237-9622
• DOI: 10.5123/S1679-49742018000200017

OBJECTIVEto describe the results of Rapid Monitoring Vaccination monitoring conducted with the aim of interrupting the measles outbreak in the State of Ceará, Brazil, in 2015.METHODSthis was a descriptive study using data taken from 52,216 vaccination cards of children aged from 6 months to less than 5 years and data on vaccination coverage, homogeneity, and reasons for non-vaccination extracted from the National Immunization Program Information System (SI-PNI).RESULTSvaccination coverage against measles reached 96.7% in Ceará; of the 21 Regional Health Offices in the State, four did not reach minimum coverage of 95% for the first dose, and two for the second dose; 836 children (1.6%) were not vaccinated and 1,388 vaccine doses were not used.CONCLUSIONMeasles vaccination campaigns enabled the immunization coverage goal in the State of Ceará to be surpassed, despite the considerable number of unvaccinated children found.