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Only 36% of pregnant women from S?o Paulo took flu vaccine

Tonka

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http://www.oserrano.com.br/mais.asp?tipo=Local&id=25528
Portuguese-English translation

Only 36% of pregnant women from S?o Paulo took flu vaccine
On 19/05/2012

Only 36% of pregnant women in the state of S?o Paulo sought health posts to receive the flu vaccine. They are part of the target audience of the national vaccination campaign. According to statement released this morning (18) by the Ministry of Health, were immunized to date more than 2.7 million Sao Paulo. The campaign, which opened on Sept. 5, ends next Friday (25).


They are also among those considered most susceptible to the disease, the elderly, of which 41.2% have been vaccinated, and children aged six months and two years. According to the department, 47.5% of children have received the first of two doses required for the age group. Health care workers, indigenous and prison population are also part of the audience.


By the end of the mobilization, the secretary intends to vaccinate 5.3 million Sao Paulo. The number corresponding to the target of 80% of 6.6 million people that make up the groups that the campaign aims to achieve. To meet the population, are available more than 7,000 fixed vaccination posts and shuttlecocks, 3,500 vehicles, 32 buses, five boats and 41 600 health professionals.


In addition to immunize the population against influenza A (H1N1) - swine flu, the campaign will protect the population against the other two types of influenza virus: H3N2 A and B.


The director of the Immunization Registry, Helena Sato, remember that the vaccine poses no hazard. "The vaccine does not therefore in any way, flu who take the dose, it is made of small fragments of the viruses are incapable of causing the infection. The flu immunization is essential to avoid respiratory complications from the disease, like pneumonia. "


In Sao Paulo, and all health centers that operate Monday through Friday, two rooms of vaccine in the Tiet? bus and Barra Funda, open on Saturdays and Sundays from 8h to 20h, until the end Campaign
 
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