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Vaccines have been used in Brazil since the 19th century as a fundamental measure for disease control. In 1973, even before the creation of the Unified Health System (SUS), which would only take place in 1988, the National Immunization Program (PNI) was formulated, which organized the national vaccination policy for the Brazilian population, seeking to eradicate and eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases. Today, Brazil is one of the countries that offers the largest amount of vaccines to the population, providing more than 300 million doses per year. The Ministry of Health and the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP) propose vaccination schedules, establishing the types of vaccines that should be administered for each age group, the number of doses and boosters and interval between doses for each vaccine, thus ensuring way, the complete basic schedule in the first year of life and the reinforcements in the later years.