Vacinnes

RECOMMENDED VACCINES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 2 YEARS

Poliovirus Vaccine

The vaccine protects against polio, a highly transmissible disease that causes childhood paralysis. There are two vaccines: the inactivated polio vaccine (VIP), produced with inactivated poliovirus serotypes 1, 2 and 3, for intramuscular administration and the oral polio vaccine (OPV), a bivalent vaccine composed of the attenuated live virus 1 and 3 serotypes, administered orally. The National Immunization Program recommends vaccinating the basic regimen with three doses of VIP, at 2, 4 and 6 months of age, and two boosters with OPV, at 15 months and 4 years of age. VIP is available separately in SUS and is present in Hexavalente and Pentavalente inactivated (in the private health system).

The Vaccine Observatory studies routine vaccines indicated for children under two years of age (except flu and yellow fever), considering the recommendations of the National Immunization Schedule of the National Immunization Program of the Ministry of Health.

Other sources of reliable vaccination information:

Ministry of Health of Brazil
https://saude.gov.br/
São Paulo State Epidemiological Surveillance Center
http://www.saude.sp.gov.br/cve-centro-de-vigilancia-epidemiologica-prof.-alexandre-vranjac/
Brazilian Society of Immunizations
https://sbim.org.br/
Pan American Health Organization
https://www.paho.org/bra/
World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/
CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/