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Peru Begins Weeklong National Vaccination Push Through Feb. 15

The initiative responds to an epidemiological alert over heightened measles and polio risk.

Overview

  • Health teams are vaccinating in clinics and hospitals while mobile brigades operate in high‑traffic sites such as parks and markets.
  • The campaign offers all 18 vaccines on the national schedule, protecting against 28 diseases, with about 101,550 doses planned for the week.
  • Children under five are a priority group, though shots are available to the wider population at no cost.
  • Border regions—Tumbes, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Puno, Tacna—are focusing on measles, mumps and rubella protection, with yellow fever vaccination reinforced in VRAEM departments (Apurímac, Ayacucho, Cusco, Huancavelica, Junín).
  • Minsa lists information channels for the public, including Línea 113 option 3, WhatsApp or Telegram at 952 842 623 or 995 557 000, and the infosalud@minsa.gob.pe email.