Comeback of measles through the border with Venezuela

• Sílvia Deeke Cachoeira de Oliveira

  Advogada, pós-graduada em Direito Empresarial e dos Negócios.

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• Phelipe dos Santos Souza

  Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, docente do Curso de Graduação em Medicina na Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, SC

  Author

• Théo Nicolacópulos

  Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, SC.

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• Wagner Eduardo Estácio de Paula

  Universitário de Brusque, SC.

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• Rita de Cássia Gabrielli Souza Lima

  Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, SC.

  Author

The comeback of measles in Brazil through the border with Venezuela has become a social issue. This article makes interdisciplinary reflections about the respective health systems and the polynomial vulnerability/violation/resistance/acceptability within the context of the border region in question. Among the considerations, it is highlighted the success of the Immunization National Program to eradicate measles in Brazil and the fragility of the political and health systems from both countries under analysis regarding border regions mainly in crisis situations. Finally, it is argued that education is the coherent way for the construction of a nation aware of its individual rights and collective duties and that appreciates social policies as they must be respected and valued by the government itself. Thus, herein is an alert on how anti-vaccination movements contribute adversely in the eradication of diseases that can be controlled through more efficacy of vaccination campaigns.

1. Phelipe dos Santos Souza, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, docente do Curso de Graduação em Medicina na Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, SC

   Médico, mestrando no Programa de Mestrado em Saúde e Gestão do Trabalho da

2. Théo Nicolacópulos, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, SC.

   docente do Curso de Graduação em Medicina

3. Wagner Eduardo Estácio de Paula, Universitário de Brusque, SC.

   Docente do Centro 

4. Rita de Cássia Gabrielli Souza Lima, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, SC.

   docente e pesquisadora

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