Buenos Aires, April 21, 2023 (PAHO/WHO).– From April 22 to 29, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with the 45 countries and territories of the region, will celebrate the 21st Vaccination Week in the Americas (SVA) which in Argentina this year will be accompanied by an adapted version of the song Muchachos, in order to promote the application of vaccines at different stages of life.
“Like goals in the soccer World Cup, each vaccine counts so that we are protected from diseases and take care of others. In the past we were champions in vaccination coverage and we can be it again”, said the singer of La Mosca, Guillermo Novellis, who together with the musicians and the public will perform the new version live at the Garrahan Hospital on April 27 in the framework of the #CadaVacunaCuenta Festival.
Novellis commented that the adaptation of the song popularized during the last Soccer World Cup mentions some of the vaccines present in the National Vaccination Calendar, such as those that prevent polio, measles, chickenpox and flu, and that the theme “invites everyone to put on the one that is missing”.
The Garrahan Hospital, a benchmark in pediatrics at a national and regional level, has fundamental work in the field of immunization, so during the festival, which will also include recreational activities and circus shows, whoever wishes can complete their vaccination schemes at the institution.
Vaccination coverage shows a drop at the regional level starting in 2010, a situation that worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trend is replicated in Argentina with a gradual and progressive decline in the period 2009-2019, according to information from the national health portfolio.
In the aforementioned decade, the country saw a decrease of 14 points in the third dose of vaccine against polio (from 97% to 83%) and of 15 points for the first dose of MMR vaccine (86% in 2019). It protects against measles, rubella and mumps. Furthermore, according to official data, in 2021 none of the coverage of the National Calendar vaccines reached the expected goal.
In this context, this year PAHO’s Vaccination Week in the Americas calls on the general population under the slogan Get up to date #EveryVaccineCounts to highlight the value of this public health tool that allowed the elimination of diseases in the region. and in the country as polio, rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, measles, neonatal tetanus, and the worldwide eradication of smallpox.
During that week, the jurisdictions of the country organize different activities aimed at promoting vaccination. That is why to the sound of Muchachos, PAHO, the National Ministry of Health and the Garrahan Hospital call on the community to review their immunization schedules and to participate in the #CadaVacunaCuenta Festival on April 27.
To listen to the song:
Lyrics of the song:
I was born in Argentina
and I always got vaccinated
against polio, chickenpox
and measles too
I can explain it to you
together we will understand
because vaccines work
and they will protect you
they take care of you
and take care of others
Do not hesitate it for a second
Come vaccinate!
boys
now we have to take care of ourselves
we want to be sure
we want immunity
and fear
we face it for sure
grandparents and children
it’s a puncture and that’s it
boys
come, put on the flu
that every vaccine counts
we want immunity
and fear
we face it for sure
at every stage of life
Catch up now!
We get vaccinated again, we get vaccinated again
