Figure 1.
(a) Vaccination coverage rates for selected vaccines among six countries in Latin America, 2017–2020. (b) Annual range of the change in vaccination coverage of selected vaccines among six countries in Latin America, 2020a.
BCG, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine; DTP-3, diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis, three doses; MCV-1, measles-containing vaccine, one dose; PCV 2 or 3, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, two or three doses; Penta, pentavalent vaccine; Rota-2, rotavirus vaccine, two doses.
*Measles-containing vaccine (measles–mumps–rubella, measles–mumps–rubella–varicella, etc.).
**For Brazil, data from WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) (July 2021) were used19, as there were no 2020 data in the Pan American Health Organization immunization report for PCV.
aThe negative signs in the presented values refer to a decrease in coverage during/post pandemic. These values are regional ranges – for example, for the rotavirus vaccine there was a change in coverage in the selected countries ranging from 2.5% to -11.5% which comes from Mexico (biggest increase of 2.5%) and Peru (biggest decrease of 11.5%).