Introduction: The Ministry of Health has provided for the girls population aged nine to 13 years, the quadrivalent vaccine against Human Papillomavirus as a preventive measure for cancer of the cervix, with the initial proposal to achieve 80% of this population.Objective: To analyze the vaccine coverage and the perspective of the target population about the vaccine against the Human Papillomavirus.
Methods:This was a quantitative and qualitative field research in descriptive character, conducted through the Information System of the National Program for Immunization and with a sample of 86 adolescents in the city of São José do Egito/PE/BR.
Results:The vaccination coverage showed a reduction in sequence of the vaccination schedules of 19.53% in the first phase of the campaign and of 24.07% in the second phase. It was also noted that lack accurate information for more than 50% of respondents, 15.11% had local and/or systemic reactions and 89,53% of them expect positive results with the vaccine against the Human Papillomavirus.
Analysis of Vaccination
IntroductionCurrently, through the National Immunization Program -NIP, Brazil has a basic schedule free vaccination that caters to children, adolescents, pregnant women, adult, elderly, indigenous and even groups with special conditions, offered in Immunobiology Special centers -CRIES, offering more than 20 types of biopharmaceuticals, being a great ally of public health actions and the basis for the prevention of immunopreventable diseases [1][2][3]. Among these diseases, infection with Human Papillomavirus -HPV, has shown high prevalence among Sexually Transmitted Infections -STI worldwide. Factor associated with the development of cervical cancer and other cancers, HPV has been responsible for the death of thousands of women [4][5][6]. The development of HPV infection may be transient and not clinically detectable, however, can cause warts and a variety of anogenital premalignant and malignant lesions to cancer of the cervix in women and penis cancer in men [6,7].In 2006, aimed the preventing, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), american agency that regulates food and drugs, approved the quadrivalent prophylactic vaccine for HPV 6, 11, 16 and 18, increasing the actions against cervical cancer [8][9]. In the same year, the National Health Surveillance Agency -ANVISA, regulated the sale of quadrivalent vaccine in Brazil [4,9].It is estimated that in Brazil only in 2014, according to the National Cancer Institute -INCA, 15,590 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed [8]. Given this focus, the Ministry of Health -MS, introduced the vaccine in the National Immunization Schedule, providing a significant increase in the perspective of prevention of cervical cancer, in conjunction with the screening actions existing in care programs for woman health. Initially, the vaccine was available to a population made up of girls from 11 to 13 years, with a proposal to achieve up to 80% of the target audience [10,11]. When performing campaigns, the MS defines strate...