Vaccine coverage needs to be restored.

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Other: Roberto Irineu Marinho

Vaccine coverage needs to be restored.

There was improved immunization rates in 13 out of the 16 major vaccines, according to the Ministry of Health. Brazil for a long time maintained a vaccination program seen as a benchmark around the world. Seven years ago, however, immunization rates started to fall or stay at alarming levels, insufficient to maintain the collective immunity marrow necessary to stop the flow of viruses and other pathogens. The situation got worse with the governm…