The City Hall of Rio de Janeiro begins to vaccinate children from 5 to 11 years old in municipal schools this Monday (14). The goal is to reach 200,000 students and increase coverage with the first dose in this age group, which is still around 50%.
The active search program, called Vacina na Escola, was announced last Thursday (10) by Mayor Eduardo Paes (PSD). The plan also includes visits by community health workers to households with children who are on this or other overdue immunizations.
According to the municipality, since Thursday the students took home information leaflets on protection and a form to be filled in by parents. Those responsible can sign the term authorizing the application, on a date that will be informed in advance.
On the scheduled day, immunization will be done at the end of the class shift (in the morning, between 11 am and 12:30 pm, and in the afternoon, between 3:30 pm and 5 pm). Children who have authorization will already be vaccinated, but anyone who wants to can enter the units at the scheduled time to accompany their child in person.
The forecast is that in 45 days all 1,307 municipal schools with students of that age, which have 347,000 students enrolled, will receive the health teams. The work will be accompanied by the coordination of the School Health Program (PSE).
This Sunday (13), the Municipal Secretary of Education, Renan Ferreirinha, reinforced to Globonews that the objective is to “make it as easy as possible” to immunize children. “If the child cannot go to the vaccine, the vaccine goes to the school,” he said.
Also according to the city hall, directors and regional education coordinators have participated in online meetings with Health Surveillance teams on the action and on the safety and efficacy of vaccines, so that they can guide those responsible for the students.
Survey made by leaf this week points out Brazil as one of the last places in the ranking of childhood vaccination among ten nations that provide details by date and age.
The analysis shows that the country took 23 days to reach 15% of children vaccinated with the first dose against Covid, last weekend. It was almost triple the time spent by Canada, Australia, Argentina and Uruguay (8 to 9 days), according to official data.
The brand, valued last Tuesday (8) by the Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, actually shows the slow pace of a campaign far below the capacity of the PNI (National Immunization Program).
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