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- Title
Vacunación en México: coberturas imprecisas y deficiencia en el seguimiento de los niños que no completan el esquema.
- Authors
Hernández-Ávila, Mauricio; Sofía Palacio-Mejía, Lina; Eugenio Hernández-Ávila, Juan; Charvel, Sofía
- Abstract
Objective. To analyze the validity of the official vaccination figures according to the available information and to identify opportunities for improvement. Materials and methods. We estimated vaccination coverage and dropout rates (for multi-dose vaccines) for one-year-old children, based on public information from the dynamic cubes of the Ministry of Health, for the years 2015 to 2017. Results. We observed variations in the vaccination monthly reports, which indicate low rates of vaccination, as well as high dropout rates when comparing first and third doses applied. For children 1 year of age, the national complete coverage was estimated at 48.9%. Conclusion. There is no reliable information to estimate the actual vaccination coverage. Government documents report a constant overestimation of vaccination coverage that creates a "false sense of security". This has become a barrier for the critical analysis of the Universal Vaccination Program.
- Subjects
MEXICO; GOVERNMENT publications; VACCINATION; HEALTH programs; CRITICAL analysis; CUBES
- Publication
Salud Pública de México, 2020, Vol 62, Issue 2, p215
- ISSN
0036-3634
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21149/10682