An average 1.2% a year decline in MMR vaccine coverage between 2006 and 2020 has left approximately half of Brazil’s municipalities below the 95% coverage target and potentially vulnerable to future outbreaks (IMAGE)

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An average 1.2% a year decline in MMR vaccine coverage between 2006 and 2020 has left approximately half of Brazil’s municipalities below the 95% coverage target and potentially vulnerable to future outbreaks

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Spatial distribution of municipalities reaching 95% of MMR first dose vaccine coverage in relation to the deprivation level in Brazil. Note: Municipalities included in the analysis: N = 5565. Municipalities per region: Southeast n = 1668; South n = 1188; Central-West n = 466; Northeast n = 1794; North n = 449. Municipalities per deprivation level: first quintile n = 224, second quintile n = 344, third quintile n = 857, fourth quintile n = 1575, fifth quintile n = 2565. Source of the basemap shapefile available on https://github.com/ipeaGIT/geobr.

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Godin et al., 2023, PLOS Global Public Health, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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