TRENDS IN CHILDHOOD VACCINATION COVERAGE IN AMAZONAS BETWEEN 2013 AND 2022: CHALLENGES TO REALIZING THE BIOETHICAL PRINCIPLE OF BENEFICENCE

Abstract

This article seeks to analyze the temporal evolution of the coverage of Pentavalent, Poliomyelite, 10-valent Pneumococcal and Viral Triplet vaccines, first dose, in the state of Amazonas between 2013 and 2022, considering the achievement of the goal of 95% and its implications for the bioethical principle of charity. This is a quantitative, descriptive, ecological and temporal study, developed with secondary data from DATASUS/TABNET. Foram analyzed 40 observations of vaccinal coverage, corresponding to four immunobiological studies over ten years, using frequencies, percentages, averages and differences in percentage points. Only 7 of the 40 observations reached or exceeded 95%, corresponding to 17.5%, while 82.5% remained below the goal. The best performance was achieved in 2015, with an average of 99.62%, while 2021 presented a lower average, of 77.61%. Between 2017 and 2022, without the four vaccinas reaching the goal, there has been a partial recovery in 2022. It is concluded that the infant vaccine coverage presents insufficient performance in the analyzed period, evidencing the need for strategies that expand or achieve two individual and collective benefits of the Immunization and favoring the realization of the principle of charity.