Vaccination acts as the main method of preventing potential changes to global health, which have started outbreaks, endemics, epidemics and pandemics. Epidemiological profile’s analysis allows identifying, planning, executing and evaluating possible actions to control pathologies. A preventive control intervention that contributes positively to these epidemiological actions is immunization. This study aims to analyze the epidemiological impact of the reduction in childhood vaccination between 2012 to 2022. This is a documentary and epidemiological research of a retrospective nature that was carried out in April 2023, using free data, available at the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System. A significant curve was observed relating vaccination between the years of the research, data demonstrates the continued importance of vaccination in preventing vaccine-preventable diseases. These numbers reflect the impact of the reduction in childhood vaccination and highlight the need for awareness raising and vaccination reinforcement actions to prevent the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases.
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