Objectives:

The aim of this article is to conduct a systematic review of scientific publications on the level of pneumococcal vaccination coverage in older adults in Latin America.

Materials and methods:

A systematic review was conducted by searching for scientific articles related to the topic. The PEO question we used was: What is the level of pneumococcal vaccination coverage in older adults in Latin America? The search sources were PubMed, Scielo and Google Scholar. The keywords were: "Aged", in combination with "Pneumococcal Vaccines", "Vaccination Coverage"; "older adult", "Pneumococcal Vaccines" in combination with "Vaccination Coverage". Articles published from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2022 were selected.

Results:

Of the 571 articles found in the review, 559 were disregarded as they did not meet our inclusion and exclusion criteria, leaving 5 articles for this review. Based on only 5 articles reviewed, it was evident that the percentage of vaccination coverage in older adults in Latin America is deficient.

Conclusions:

There is evidence of low vaccination coverage and a high incidence rate of pneumonia in older adults, due to insufficient programming of prevention activities by the health establishment, insufficient dissemination campaigns to the target population, limited access to health services for the vulnerable population, which predisposes to low awareness and vaccination of this vulnerable age group, resulting in a directly proportional increase in cases of pneumonia with increasing age.

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