REFLECTIONS AND RESULTS PNI FROM ITS IMPLEMENTATION TO THE PRESENT

Abstract

The National Immunization Program represents a public health intervention, with vaccination and surveillance actions obtaining a positive impact on the prevention and control of immunopreventable diseases, as well as improvement in the quality and life expectancy of the population, thus making it important to study its results from implementation to date. To identify and analyze through a literature review, the results and reflexes, from the implementation to the present, of the National Immunization Program. An integrative literature review was conducted, using the Scielo database, supported by the guide question "What are the reflexes and results of the National Immunization Program since its implementation to today?". The descriptors "Results","Reflexes" and "Immunization Programs" were used for this, written in Portuguese and in English, alternated with boolean operator AND. Inclusion criteria were complete and free review and research articles in the period 2000-2020; and exclusion reports were case-related experience reports. In view of the articles and studies analyzed, the PNI since its implementation as a program in Brazil, there have been great advances in the quality of life of society, because the epidemiological numbers of cases were noticeable with the application of vaccines as access of the same population, therefore, due to the positive colossal effects achieved by the program, Brazil was seen becoming an international reference in immunization. It is concluded that the National Immunization Program is extremely important for Brazilian society, because it has a unique organization and logistics that allows from wealthy classes to needy access to vaccines, making effective the principles of the unified health system.