Vaccination has proven for years to be one of the most effective interventions in the prevention of infectious diseases, and Peru has one of the best schemes internationally, which seeks to strengthen itself with a plan to fill immune gaps against 27 diseases. Who should be vaccinated, when and where?
The Ministry of Health recently launched the “Vaccine, I protect” campaign, which aims to promote the continuity of the Regular Vaccination System in children under 5, the elderly, expectant mothers and girls aged 9 to 13which was affected by the covid-19 pandemic.
María Elena Martínez, director of Immunizations at Minsa, recalled that Peru has 17 vaccines that protect against 27 potentially deadly diseases such as poliomyelitis, measles, rubella, mumps, chicken pox, meningitis, pneumonia, tetanus, hepatitis A and B, flu, diarrheal infections, among others.
The plan to fill the gaps includes vaccination brigades, which will be moved to strategic areas where there is a lower immunization rate.
Mothers or fathers can go to any of the more than 8,000 health care facilities where the supply of vaccines is ensured.
Health Centers licensed for the Gap Campaign are open Monday to Friday from 8am to 7pm, plus Saturdays (8am to 7pm) and Sundays (8am to 2pm) .
Use the following search engine to locate the closest immunization point at your home.
During the whole year
The vaccines offered by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) are free, safe, quality and can be administered all year round.
The regular vaccination schedule protects against 27 diseases, from infants to the elderly. Find out more about its features:
1.- BCG vaccine against meningeal tuberculosis: disease which can be fatal and can spread to the lung, liver, spleen or meninges.
2.- HvB vaccine against hepatitis B: highly contagious viral infection that can damage the liver.
3.- Pentavalent vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, whooping cough and haemophilia type b.
4.- Vaccine Dt (pediatric diphthotetanic toxoid) against tetanus, pertussis (pertussis) and diphtheria: diseases that can affect the tonsils, throat, nose, heart muscle, nerve fibers or skin.
5.- Hib vaccine (Haemophilus influenzae type b): A highly contagious bacterial disease that can cause pneumonia and meningitis.
6.- APO vaccine against poliomyelitis or poliomyelitis: disease that can cause irreversible paralysis.
7.- Rotavirus vaccine: disease which can cause severe diarrhea.
8.- Pneumococcal vaccine (antipneumococcal): respiratory infection which can cause ear infections, infections, meningitis and severe pneumonia in children under 5 years of age.
9.- MMR vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella: diseases that cause painful swelling of the salivary glands.
10.- SP vaccine against measles and mumps.
11.- Chickenpox vaccine: disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It produces a rash with blisters, itching, fatigue and fever.
12.- Vaccine against yellow fever (anti-yellow fever): disease causing high fever, inflammation of the liver. Applies to children aged over 15 months up to 59 years.
13.- DTP vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis (pertussis), tetanus: diseases affecting the tonsils, throat, nose, heart muscle, nerve fibers or skin. Applies to children under the age of 7.
14.- Diphtheria-antitetanus dT vaccine: prevention of severe bacterial infections of tetanus and diphtheria in adults, only for adults over 7 years of age.
15.- dTpa vaccine against tetanus, pertussis (pertussis) and diphtheria: It is given to older children and adults. It is applied in pregnant women.
16.- HPV vaccine: disease which can cause warts in different parts of the body and lead to cancer of the cervix, anus, vulva, vagina, penis and some types of mouth and throat cancer.
17.- Influenza vaccine: highly contagious disease caused by a virus that affects the respiratory tract (nose, throat, bronchi and lungs).
Free from polio, measles and rubella
Peru has had a regular immunization program since 1972, which has successfully eliminated outbreaks of various diseases, such as the following:
– Since 1991 no cases of wild polio.
– Since 2006 without cases of rubella.
– No measles cases since 2018.
– Since 2020 no case of diphtheria.
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??The @ Minsa_Peru holds a vaccination day at Colegio La Salle, where vaccination services against covid-19, regular vaccination against influenza and pneumococcus and HPV will be offered for girls between the ages of 9 and 15.https://t.co/8OxoTo1a1U
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– Andean agency (@Agencia_Andina) August 13, 2022
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Published: 8/10/2022
