Health is not played. The Ministry of Public Health reminds parents of the importance of checking the vaccination booklet.
Taking advantage of the fact that there are at least three weeks of vacation left for many students, the health portfolio urges them to take advantage of this time.
In particular, it recommends getting up to date on what corresponds to the vaccination schedule for children.
The doses that correspond to them according to their age and those that have yet to be applied.
The Ministry of Public Health recalls that the country has one of the best and most complete vaccination schemes in the region.
Biologicals are available free of charge at vaccination centers for the entire national population.
It also emphasizes that it is a boy’s and girl’s right to receive immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases.
Immunization is both an obligation of parents or guardians and of the State in guaranteeing their right to health and their access.
Maintaining the complete scheme of boys and girls is an obligation, established in article 6 of Law No. 4621/2012 National Vaccine Law.
The list of doses corresponding to each age can be verified on the site https://pai.mspbs.gov.py/esquema-de-vacunacion/.
Necessary. On February 1, several schools and colleges in the private system will start classes. In the public system, the school year will start on February 20.
Immunization against Covid has been the insistence of the health portfolio in the last two years. The currently available platform is the Moderna vaccine.
In 2022, the MSP has repeatedly insisted on the application of doses against measles, polio and rubella, due to the high risk of case outbreaks.
Especially measles has been prowling in the countries of the region. However, in Paraguay no new cases have been detected.
The application of yellow fever doses, which are within the regular scheme, is another insistence of the Public Health authorities.
This biologic is applied at one year of life, together with the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV 13) booster, according to the Expanded Immunization Program (PAI).
It also applies to the population between the ages of 2 and 59 who have not yet received it.
According to the data provided by the PAI, there were 155,252 people inoculated with doses of the yellow fever vaccine in 2022.
In what corresponds to the new year, 1,697 doses have been applied so far. It is precisely in the summer season where there is a high demand for said vaccine.
The PAI also recalls that vaccines have been shown to save lives.
Vaccines are safe and effective. Parents must fulfill the role of caring for their children by completing the outline. Héctor Castro, director of the PAI.
