Proper development of children does not depend solely on infant feeding, immunity against deadly diseases is also crucial to ensure a peaceful and healthy childhood. Although immunity levels have declined since the start of the pandemic, dosing is slowly but surely advancing.
According to the Ministry of Health, 48.8% of minors have been vaccinated against polio, and 47.8% of minors have been vaccinated against pentavalent vaccine, which can prevent minors from diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae type B As with hepatitis B, 50.4% were protected against tuberculosis, 49.5% were protected against hepatitis B, and 33.6% were protected against yellow fever.
Regional overview
Some regions fare better in 2023, while others expose serious problems that countries must urgently address to prevent children from contracting deadly viruses or bacteria.
Regions with more than 50% infant immunization in 2023 are Apurimac (54.4%), Arequipa (55.3%), Ayacucho (50.4%), Cusco (54.9%), Huánuco ( 51.2%), Ica (61.6%), Junin (55.3%), La Libertad (54.5%), Madre de Dios (55.6%), Moquegua (56.5%), Puno (52.6%) ), San Martin (51.1%), Tacna (58%), Tumbes (52.5%) and Ucayali (52.3%).
For their part, Amazon (47.5%), Ancash (49.2%), Cajamarca (49.3%), Huancavelica (41.2%), Lambayeque (48.5%), Lima (47.7%), Pasco (48.2%), Piura (49.6%) and Loreto (43.5%) still had fewer than half of their children vaccinated.
Ancash (51.2%), Apurimac (56.2%), Arequipa (52.3%), Huánuco (56.2%), Junín (52.1%), La Liberta Texas (52.5%), Loreto (53.6%), Moquegua (56.7%), Pasco (50.8%) and Tacna (52.8%) successfully vaccinated more than half of the children vaccine.
On the other hand, Amazon (45.9%), Ayacucho (46.9%), Cajamarca (49.3%), Cusco (48.9%), Huancavelica (44.4%), Huanuco ( 48.3%), Lambayeque (45.2%), Lima (48.2%), Loreto (40%), Pasco (47.6%), Puno (46.2%), San Martin (48.7%) , Tumbes (49.2%) and Ucayali (39.9%) children who had not yet crossed the 50% barrier to be vaccinated.
The provinces that have still not vaccinated more than half of their children are: Amazonas (45.9%), Ayacucho (46.9%), Cajamarca (49.3%), Cusco (48.9%), Huancavelica ( 44.4%), Huánuco (48.3%) ), %)), Lambayeque (45.2%), Lima (48.2%), Loreto (37%), Madre de Dios (52%), Pasco (49%), Piura (47.7%), Puno (44.7%), San Martin (47.6%), Tumbes (47.4%) and Ucayali (38.6%).
For their part, Ancash (50.6%), Apurimac (55.3%), Arequipa (50.7%), Ica (54.4%), Junin (51.1%), La Liberta De (51.4%), Moquegua (54.3%) and Tacna (51%). %) if they have vaccinated more than half of the children living in their respective jurisdictions.