Recommendations for modernizing infant vaccination schedules with combination vaccines in Colombia and Peru
The objective of this article was to consider the vaccination challenges in Colombia and Peru and the role of pediatric combination vaccines in overcoming these challenges. Barriers to including new vaccines with more antigens remain apparent in parts of these countries, where vaccine-preventable di...
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| author | Carlos Torres-Martinez Eduardo Chaparro Ana-Cristina Mariño Luiza Helena Falleiros-Arlant Germán Camacho-Moreno María E. Castillo Carlos Garces Wilfrido Coronell Roberto Somocurcio |
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| description | The objective of this article was to consider the vaccination challenges in Colombia and Peru and the role of pediatric combination vaccines in overcoming these challenges. Barriers to including new vaccines with more antigens remain apparent in parts of these countries, where vaccine-preventable diseases in infants continue to be a major problem. The challenges include the heterogeneity of vaccine coverage within each country and in neighboring countries, which can contribute to poor rates of vaccination coverage; the adverse impact of the inward migration of unvaccinated individuals, which has favored the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases; vaccine shortages; and the impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) pandemic and the associated shifts in health care resources. To improve the coverage of pediatric vaccines in Colombia and Peru, it will be necessary to ensure the widespread integration into vaccine schedules of combination vaccines containing diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B antigens with a three-dose primary series delivered at 2, 4 and 6 months of age followed by a booster at 18 months of age. Such vaccines play important roles in preventing diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; eradicating polio; and providing boosting against H. influenzae type b. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f281f2a3341d48fea13346856626d3ac2023-01-27T14:14:26ZengPan American Health OrganizationRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública1020-49891680-53482023-01-0147241610.26633/RPSP.2023.24rpspRecommendations for modernizing infant vaccination schedules with combination vaccines in Colombia and PeruCarlos Torres-Martinez0Eduardo Chaparro1Ana-Cristina Mariño2Luiza Helena Falleiros-Arlant3Germán Camacho-Moreno4María E. Castillo5Carlos Garces6Wilfrido Coronell7Roberto Somocurcio8Universidad del Bosque, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartmento de Pediatría, Hospital Cayetano Heredia, Lima, PeruHospital Militar Central, Bogotá, ColombiaFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade Metropolitana de Santos, São Paulo, BrazilFundación Hospital Pediátrico la Misericordia (HOMI), Bogotá, ColombiaFacultad de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, PeruUniversidad de Antioquia, Clínica las Américas Auna, Antioquia, ColombiaUniversidad de Cartagena, Cartagena, ColombiaPediatría Clínica Anglo Americana, Lima, PeruThe objective of this article was to consider the vaccination challenges in Colombia and Peru and the role of pediatric combination vaccines in overcoming these challenges. Barriers to including new vaccines with more antigens remain apparent in parts of these countries, where vaccine-preventable diseases in infants continue to be a major problem. The challenges include the heterogeneity of vaccine coverage within each country and in neighboring countries, which can contribute to poor rates of vaccination coverage; the adverse impact of the inward migration of unvaccinated individuals, which has favored the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases; vaccine shortages; and the impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) pandemic and the associated shifts in health care resources. To improve the coverage of pediatric vaccines in Colombia and Peru, it will be necessary to ensure the widespread integration into vaccine schedules of combination vaccines containing diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis B antigens with a three-dose primary series delivered at 2, 4 and 6 months of age followed by a booster at 18 months of age. Such vaccines play important roles in preventing diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; eradicating polio; and providing boosting against H. influenzae type b.https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/57050combined vaccinesimmunization schedulevaccinesvaccine-preventable diseasescolombiaperu |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Torres-Martinez Eduardo Chaparro Ana-Cristina Mariño Luiza Helena Falleiros-Arlant Germán Camacho-Moreno María E. Castillo Carlos Garces Wilfrido Coronell Roberto Somocurcio Recommendations for modernizing infant vaccination schedules with combination vaccines in Colombia and Peru Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública combined vaccines immunization schedule vaccines vaccine-preventable diseases colombia peru |
| title | Recommendations for modernizing infant vaccination schedules with combination vaccines in Colombia and Peru |
| title_full | Recommendations for modernizing infant vaccination schedules with combination vaccines in Colombia and Peru |
| title_fullStr | Recommendations for modernizing infant vaccination schedules with combination vaccines in Colombia and Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recommendations for modernizing infant vaccination schedules with combination vaccines in Colombia and Peru |
| title_short | Recommendations for modernizing infant vaccination schedules with combination vaccines in Colombia and Peru |
| title_sort | recommendations for modernizing infant vaccination schedules with combination vaccines in colombia and peru |
| topic | combined vaccines immunization schedule vaccines vaccine-preventable diseases colombia peru |
| url | https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/57050 |
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