The evolution of Vaccination Week in the Americas
Rev Panam Salud Publica
; 41, dic. 2017
Artigo
em Inglês
| PAHO-IRIS
| ID: phr-34453
Biblioteca responsável:
US1.1
ABSTRACT
[ABSTRACT]. This report covers the background and evolution of Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA), an initiative that started as a coordinated response to a 2002 measles outbreak in Colombia and Venezuela, and evolved into the model for other regions and World Immunization Week (WIW). VWA focuses on the work of national immunization programs, with special efforts to reach the unreached. This paper offers examples of how countries have leveraged VWA to implement a diverse array of vaccination activities, strengthening overall health services by integrating with other preventive health interventions, and bolstering “Pan-Americanism” and health diplomacy. The opportunities offered by this global initiative were clearly demonstrated in April 2016 when the successful global switch from the trivalent oral polio vaccine to the bivalent vaccine was synchronized with WIW. Going forward, VWA and WIW can help close the gaps in access to immunization and other health services, contributing to achieve universal health coverage.
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Coleções:
Bases de dados de organismos internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Agenda de Saúde Sustentável para as Américas
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ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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ODS3 - Meta 3.3 Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
Problema de saúde:
Objetivo 5 Medicamentos, vacinas e tecnologias sanitárias
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Meta 3.8 Atingir a cobertura universal de saúde
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Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
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Sarampo
Base de dados:
PAHO-IRIS
Assunto principal:
América
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Saúde Global
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Vacinação em Massa
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Programas de Imunização
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Diplomacia em Saúde
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Artigo