Evaluation of vaccination coverage in children one to two year old using the Fast Coverage Monitoring Method in the city of Vespasiano

Vaccination coverage can be determined through three different methods: Administrative, Baseline Study and rapid Monitoring of Vaccination Coverage (MVC). From those, Administrative method is the most used in Brazil. However, due to heterogeneity in vaccination coverage results, MVC was recommended by the Ministry of Health as a supervisory tool to verify vaccination status. This population-based descriptive study aimed at evaluating if vaccination coverage for tetravalent, yellow fever and influenza vaccines were in accordance with Brazil’s National Immunization Program (NIP) recommendations when MVC was used. Method: Sample calculation, having the MVC Protocol from the Ministry of Health as a basis, included children aged 1 to 2 years old, who lived in areas covered by two different outpatient care units (Célvia 1 and Célvia 2) in Célvia neighborhood, Vespasiano, Brazil. Results: Yellow fever and MMR vaccines coverage was 100% at Célvia 1 and 96% at Célvia 2. Influenza coverage has varied from 68% at Célvia 1 to 75% at Célvia 2. Those values showed no significant statistical difference, Evaluation of vaccination coverage in children one to two year old using the Fast Coverage Monitoring Method in the city of Vespasiano Ana Luiza de Castro1, Anna Carolina Silva Soares1, Natália de Carvalho Alves1, Nathalia Montecino Vaz de Melo1, José Geraldo Leite Ribeiro2, Silmar Paulo Moreira Rates3 Avaliação da cobertura vacinal em crianças de um a dois anos pelo Monitoramento Rápido de Cobertura em Vespasiano DOI: 10.5935/2238-3182.20140080