Multivaccination D-Day, held this Saturday (28), resulted in the application of 3,447 doses in several vaccine rooms and in three strategic mobile points coordinated by João Pessoa City Hall, through the Capital’s Health Department. The action aimed to encourage the population to update their vaccination records, especially children and adolescents aged 10 to 14, who are the priority population for vaccination against dengue, with the Qdenga vaccine.
“D-Day is an essential strategy to expand access to vaccines and increase vaccination coverage. Maintaining adequate rates is essential to guarantee collective protection and prevent the return of diseases that have already been controlled. It is also important to reinforce that vaccines are safe, effective and undergo rigorous control. Combating misinformation is a fundamental part of strengthening immunization and protecting our population”, highlighted Fernando Virgolino, Vaccination Coordinator at the João Pessoa Health Department.
Health professionals alert parents and guardians about the need to start or complete the vaccination schedule, ensuring adequate protection against the disease. Immunization against dengue is carried out with the Qdenga vaccine, administered free of charge in the Municipal Health Network, indicated for protection against the four serotypes of the dengue virus.
Parents should pay attention to the vaccination schedule, which involves two doses, with an interval of 90 days between them, as an incomplete schedule compromises the effectiveness of the vaccine. According to data from DataSUS, in João Pessoa more than 25.2 thousand children and adolescents received the first dose of the vaccine. However, the number of those who returned to complete the regimen with the second dose does not reach 10,700.
Teacher Daniela Almeida took advantage of D-Day to vaccinate her daughter, Lívia, aged 9, and Melissa, also aged 9, her daughter’s friend, to get the HPV vaccine at the Shopping Sul station, in the Bancários neighborhood. “I think this preventive action by City Hall is important and even better on Saturday because we don’t always have availability during the week to update the vaccination card,” he said.
In addition to the dengue vaccine, on Multivaccination Day D, all doses provided for in the National Vaccination Calendar were available for all audiences – children, adolescents, adults and the elderly.
Residents of the Altiplano neighborhood, Maria do Socorro Gomes, 90 years old, and her husband Antônio Gomes, 92 years old, came together to the Home Center Ferreira Costa station, on BR-230, in the Aeroclube neighborhood to update their vaccination card accompanied by their children.
“They are lucid and my father was the one who remembered that they had to come and get vaccinated, so it’s good because it’s on a Saturday and we have more time available to accompany them and walk around, have fun. Very good”, said Mércia Gomes. Antônio Gomes said that they just came to take one more dose against Covid and that the other vaccines are up to date.
Retired Joselena Santos also took the opportunity to update her vaccination card. “For sure. I’m going to take another dose of Covid, Hepatitis B, Tetanus and also Yellow Fever. This action by the City Hall is good because we get all the vaccines at once, in one place, and are protected”, he celebrated.
After the D-Day of Multivaccination, the immunization agents continue to be administered in the Family Health Units (USFs), Municipal Polyclinics and in the Immunization Center, as determined by the Ministry of Health.
Find out where to get vaccinated:
Family Health Units (USFs)
Municipal Immunization Center (Tower)
Municipal Polyclinics:
Cristo
Mangabeira
Mandacaru
Jaguaribe
Beaches
Extra points that work during the week:
Shopping Sul – Banking
Shopping Tambiá – Center
Ferreira Costa – BR 230
Beach kiosk
Time: from 8 am to 12 pm
All vaccines on the routine and campaign calendar:
Dengue: adolescents aged 10 to 14;
Influenza: everyone from 6 months of age;
Covid-19: children under 5 years of age and priority groups;
HPV: update for audiences aged 9 to 19;
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) types A and B: exclusive to pregnant women.
