HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF VACCINATION IN BRAZIL

Abstract

Since the beginning of humanity, there has been a search for a better quality of life, as well as the emergence of some pathologies, and thus it is necessary to create techniques that allow the prevention of diseases, especially infectious-contagious ones. This study proposes to present, through a broad theoretical approach, the issues surrounding the advancement of vaccination in Brazil, the process of defending the population through immunizations and what advances are considered by medicine in this process, which has been so important in the pandemic period that the world is going through. To this end, a literature review was carried out based on the CAPES journal, with the keywords "vaccine", "Brazil", "principle", "origin" in association with the Boolean operator "AND", as the filters applied were be available in full online and the text is in Portuguese, the time period filter not being applied, as it aimed to find articles that mentioned the beginning of vaccination in Brazil. It is noteworthy that some sites were also consulted, such as Fiocruz. Which made it possible to carry out a historical review of the vaccination process, its origin and the beginning of its obligation in Brazil.