Brazil’s Ministry of Health on Monday (Feb. 27) unveiled the National Immunization Movement, a crusade whose main goal is to repair the high rates of vaccination policy in Brazil, which have been declining for six years.
Participating in the occasion at the fundamental fitness unit (UBS) were President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Minister of Health Nísia Trindade, Vice President and Minister of Industry and Commerce Geraldo Alckmin, First Lady Janja da Silva and Acting Governor of the Federal District Celina Leão. Array in Brasilia.
Since 2016, the vaccination policy for vaccinators has been well below 95%, a rate recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to data from the Ministry of Health, the vaccination policy of the Brazilian population stood at 66. 06% last year.
In 2021, the year with the highest mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic, this indicator did not exceed 61%. In recent years, it was less than 80%. The last time Brazil recorded an acceptable vaccination rate was in 2015, when about 95% of the target population is vaccinated.
“We have to keep in mind that Brazil was once the world champion country in terms of vaccination. It was the most reputable [country] in the world for the ability of our nurses to administer vaccines,” Lula said in his speech at the event. The president called on the population to update their vaccination cycle.
Lula took the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19 for the fifth time and even showed his updated vaccination card. He won the vaccine from Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, a doctor.
At the first level of the campaign, vaccination with bivalent doses of COVID-19 will be reinforced in those most at risk of facing severe bureaucracy of the disease. To receive the bivalent vaccine, which protects against the most harmful variants of the virus, it is necessary to have completed the vaccination cycle of 4 doses, respecting a period of 4 months since the last one obtained, reported the Ministry of Health.
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The two leaders will discuss a broad bilateral schedule on issues such as the environment, defense and the reform of multilateral organizations.