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Latin America Kicks Off Coordinated Vaccination Week to Rebuild Routine Coverage

Officials say the drive targets gaps exposed by a recent measles resurgence.

Overview

  • The region-wide campaign, which began Saturday, runs through early May to raise immunization rates across age groups and recover missed doses.
  • Peru’s health system distributed about 6.28 million vaccine doses to clinics and brigades for house-to-house and fixed-site use during the weeklong push.
  • Mexico launched with a goal of 1.7 million shots and began offering a new RSV vaccine to pregnant women at 32–36 weeks to protect newborns from severe illness.
  • Teams are taking vaccines to people where they are, including door-to-door brigades in Chincha, nine public modules in Hermosillo, a drive-through pilot in Mendoza, and itinerant units in Santa Fe.
  • Mexico City set a local goal of 88,600 doses and reported progress against measles since August 2025, while early turnout included more than 400 people vaccinated in two days at Peru’s INSN Breña; experts still flag coverage gaps in Argentina and note Mexico’s measles shot pace slowed last week.