It was aimed to analyze the vaccination status of children exposed or infected by HIV assisted in the program of special immunobiological (CRIES). Documentary retrospective study developed in the CRIES of a public pediatric hospital in Fortaleza-CE. The sample consisted of 125 registers of children treated from January 2006 to September 2009. It was verified that as the Ministry of Health indicates, most children started immunization at 2 months of age, 65 (52.0%) of those with the injectable polio vaccine schedule and 68 (64.8%) against pneumococcus, but presented reduction on the demand in following the schedule along the years. Thus, the poor adherence to the schedule of the special vaccine was noticeable, which implicates in the breaking of the process of immune children exposed, becoming a vital educational work by health professionals and the public awareness aiming the prevention of preventable diseases in the risk group studied.
Child Health; HIV; Immunosuppression; Immunization; Pediatric Nursing
