Abstract

VALDES MENDEZ, José Arturo; AGUILLON PEREZ, Óscar  and  MENDOZA ROMO, Miguel Ángel. Vaccination Programs: Narrative Review of Six Countries in Different Continents. A New Perspective of Public Health Importance. Revista Col. San Luis [online]. 2022, vol.12, n.23, 00042.  Epub May 27, 2024. ISSN 2007-8846.  https://doi.org/10.21696/rcsl122320221366.

The health emergency caused by SARS-CoV-2 modified the community’s lifestyle, causing an increase in morbidity and mortality worldwide, which would eventually negatively impact the socioeconomic level. In this context, the necessary vaccination programs were implemented to reduce the impact of the pandemic. This narrative review analyzes vaccination programs by international guidelines. As result, six countries from three different regions were analyzed, where all countries complied with international regulations and only two achieved an approximate 50 percent vaccination rate in their population. The stratification by priority groups and the staggered development of the programs was an ideal strategy to avoid the impact of the pandemic. On the other hand, the new health challenges increase the need to train health professionals to enable the execution of comprehensive operational actions for the creation of policies and programs.

Keywords : public health; vaccination; coronavirus infections; health systems; global health.