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In order to expand vaccination coverage and protect the acrean population against measles through surplus in neighboring countries, the State Government, through the State Department of Health (Sesacre) and with support from the Ministry of Health (MS), promoted last July 15 the D -Day of Vaccination against Measles.
The mobilization took place simultaneously in the 22 Acre municipalities and resulted in the application of 4,336 doses of the triple viral vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
4,336 doses of the triple viral vaccine were applied / Photo: Reproduction
The action was a preventive response to the current epidemiological scenario of the region, which remains on alert since Bolivia – a neighboring country with open borders with Acre – declared a health emergency after confirming a measles outbreak.
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Due to this context, the Government of Acre decreed, on July 17, a situation of emergency in public health for 90 days, which allows intensifying epidemiological surveillance and reinforce immunization actions. The decree was published in extra edition of the Official Gazette.
Measles is a viral disease/photo: Reproduction
The campaign had as a target audience children from 6 months to 59-year-old adults, focusing on people who had the incomplete or outdated vaccination book. Among the municipalities with the greatest adhesion, were Rio Branco (1,093 doses applied), Cruzeiro do Sul (309), Feijó (292) and Marshal Thaumaturgo (291). The actions also achieved areas of difficult access, reinforcing the efforts of health teams to ensure protection to the population throughout the state.
The campaign had as an audience children from 6 months to 59-year-old adults/Photo: Reproduction
The population who cannot participate in these actions can look for the nearest basic health unit to update the vaccination book and contribute to the protection of all.
