Disseminate information about vaccine safety and efficacy |
Information on safety and efficacy conveys confidence about the vaccine to the public and facilitates decision-making by increasing adherence. This information is the main target of anti-vaccine groups. |
Throughout the Brazilian territory |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Dissemination on TV, internet, radios, billboards, schools, primary healthcare units, and by physicians and healthcare providers. |
NA |
Inform the vaccination scheme |
This information helps the target audience plan itself regarding deadlines and procedures. |
Throughout the Brazilian territory |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Dissemination on TV, internet, radios, billboards, schools, primary healthcare units, and by physicians and healthcare providers. |
NA |
Disseminate expected adverse symptoms and what should be done in such cases |
Information about expected symptoms prevents panic and conveys tranquility and information on safety and efficacy, educating the public on the procedure to be followed and avoiding unnecessary searches for physicians and hospitals in case of events. |
Throughout the Brazilian territory |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Dissemination on TV, internet, radios, billboards, schools, primary healthcare units, and by physicians and healthcare providers. |
NA |
Inform the gratuity of the vaccine |
This information is well known to Brazilians, but it is necessary to consider the immigrants who live in it. Strengthen information on gratuity will remove another possible barrier to adherence. |
Throughout the Brazilian territory |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Dissemination on TV, internet, radios, billboards, schools, primary healthcare units, and by physicians and healthcare providers. |
NA |
Inform campaign investments |
Information about investment brings a sense of responsibility to some people and reinforces the importance of transparent spending. |
Throughout the Brazilian territory |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Dissemination on TV, internet, and radios. |
NA |
Using schools for vaccination |
Vaccination in schools facilitates access to children and guardians. It facilitates adherence, information dissemination, and campaign control. |
Schools throughout Brazil |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Create of a program with shared responsibilities between the federal and state governments. |
NA |
Using primary healthcare units for repechage |
For audiences outside the goal of the campaign, primary healthcare units should remain a primary vaccination site. For children who missed vaccination in schools for some reason, these institutions will serve as a repechage site. |
Primary healthcare units |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Use the Unified Health System (SUS). |
NA |
Prepare and distribute information leaflets |
Leaflets help to disseminate information about the vaccine and serve as a manual to ask questions and know what to do in case of events, etc. |
Schools, primary healthcare units, and with physicians and healthcare providers |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Create campaign materials with the help of physicians, healthcare providers, and advertising agencies and distributing it to the target audience and guardians by schools, primary healthcare unit, and physicians. |
NA |
Giving lectures to guardians and the target audience in schools |
As schools facilitate access to guardians, children, and adolescents, it is possible to directly transmit information and solve doubts in a personalized way. |
Schools |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Send prepared healthcare providers to lecture to guardians, children, and adolescents. |
NA |
Identify the target audience and educate the age group |
It is important that the target audience is clearly identified and informed so that they know they will be approached or should seek help. |
Schools |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
By physicians and healthcare providers using an updated IBGE database. |
NA |
Tailor the information to different audiences |
An important manner of inclusion, in which people are approached with appropriate information, respecting the culture, religion, and nationality of all. |
In all campaign materials |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Using advertising agencies. |
NA |
Using mass media |
The internet, TV, and radio are the main global communication channels and Brazil is no different. To favor any to disseminate campaign information excludes a large part of the population without access to information. |
TV, internet, radios, and billboards |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Using pieces, commercials, jingles, and influencers. |
NA |
Focus on information about the benefits of the vaccine |
Information on the lack of vaccination (diseases, risks, and harms) should be avoided. People absorb this information as negative points of the vaccine. |
In all campaign materials |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Creating campaign materials with the help of physicians, healthcare providers, and advertising agencies. |
NA |
Include information on pap smears in the campaign |
Although the percentage of pap smears is high 15 , it will be possible to further increase adherence by mass dissemination. |
In all campaign materials |
During the campaign in both doses |
Federal and state governments |
Creating campaign materials with the help of physicians, healthcare providers, and advertising agencies. |
NA |
Encourage medical prescription |
Use federal and regional boards to give physicians directives about the vaccine. |
Federal and regional councils |
All the time (should become a daily routine) |
Federal and state governments |
Contact the health councils in Brazil and start a program to create guidelines. |
NA |
Prepare physicians and healthcare providers to answer questions. |
Send support materials via federal and regional councils to solve the public’s doubts, including guardians. |
Federal and regional councils |
All the time (should become a daily routine) |
Federal and state governments |
Contact the health councils in Brazil and start a program to create guidelines. |
NA |
Automate notaries for automatic registration on ConectSus |
The idea is that at the time of registration of a newborn, the notary can automatically create a registration for the child in ConectSus or generate an access code that enables the system to control their vaccination since birth. |
Notaries and application |
All the time (should become a daily routine) |
Federal and state governments |
Create a function to interconnect notary systems with ConectSus. |
NA |
Fight disinformation (antivaxx) |
These radical groups are growing rapidly and the internet has facilitated the spread of false information. They must be fought before the issue becomes even more serious. |
Throughout the Brazilian territory |
All the time |
Federal and state governments |
Disinformation is fought with reliable information, which is only possible with investment in research to generate knowledge. |
NA |
Investment in research |
It is impossible to move forward as a society and as a country if investments in research are suppressed. Research generates knowledge and relevant information that determine how the country should react to a given problem. Brazil has an investment rate far below what is necessary to generate relevant knowledge for society. |
Throughout the national territory (universities, hospitals, schools, research centers, etc.) |
Must be part of the annual budget |
Federal and state governments |
The state and federal governments should increase their budget for investments in research. Considering the current numbers, it is practically impossible to significantly advance in the following years 16 . |
NA |