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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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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: 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. view more 

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

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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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002027

Article Title: Municipality-level measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine coverage and deprivation in Brazil: A nationwide ecological study, 2006 to 2020

Author Countries: Brazil, UK

Funding: This work was supported by Wellcome Trust (202912/B/16/Z to LS and MLB) and NIHR (134801 to MLB). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Journal

PLOS Global Public Health

DOI

10.1371/journal.pgph.0002027

Article Title

Municipality-level measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine coverage and deprivation in Brazil: A nationwide ecological study, 2006 to 2020

Article Publication Date

1-Aug-2023

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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