General vaccination coverage before and during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: A cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to analyze the general vaccination coverage of all immunobiologicals offered by the National Immunization Program (PNI) before (2018-2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) in the Brazilian territory, by region and capital. METHODOLOGY: It was car...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUI) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Contexto & Saúde (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.unijui.edu.br:article/14743 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.unijui.edu.br/index.php/contextoesaude/article/view/14743 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | cobertura vacinal COVID-19 programas de imunização vacinação vaccination coverage immunization programs vaccination |
| Resumo: | OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to analyze the general vaccination coverage of all immunobiologicals offered by the National Immunization Program (PNI) before (2018-2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) in the Brazilian territory, by region and capital. METHODOLOGY: It was carried out a cross-sectional study, with secondary data from PNI via the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). Data were tabulated and submitted to statistical tests, including the Shapiro-Wilk test to verify normality and Pearson and Spearman correlation tests. RESULTS: 407,570,811 doses of immunobiologicals were applied in Brazil, the overall average vaccination coverage for the period (2018-2021) was 69.4%, showing a sharp downward trend, which ranged from 75.2% in the pre-pandemic period to 63.7% in the pandemic. CONCLUSION: During the pandemic there was a decrease in national vaccination compared to the period before it, especially in the North and Northeast regions. In this way, the pandemic may have contributed to the reduction of immunizations. |
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