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City of Buenos Aires Opens Free Dengue Vaccination to Residents 15–59 at Nine Sites

The rollout advances a broader prevention plan that couples immunization with targeted mosquito surveillance using 260 oviposition sensors.

Overview

  • Appointments are booked through the official Salud website, the vaccine is Qdenga (Takeda) given in two doses 90 days apart, and the program has already immunized more than 50,000 people since last year.
  • Eligibility covers all city residents aged 15 to 59 regardless of prior dengue, with guidance to wait six months after infection and standard contraindications for pregnancy, lactation, certain immunocompromised states, and some cancer or high‑dose steroid treatments.
  • The city is administering doses across hospitals and CESAC centers with two additional extrahospital posts at Corralón Floresta and the Centro Islámico.
  • Health officials emphasize that vaccination helps slow transmission but does not prevent outbreaks, so community cleanups, trainings, and rapid responses continue alongside the expanded sensor network.
  • In the Province of Buenos Aires, the relaunch allows people aged 15 to 59 to register via Mi Salud Digital, with an initial 22,100 appointments and a procurement of 500,000 doses to support phased scheduling.