Health
Paraguay launches national measles vaccination campaign March 2026
Paraguay has begun a national measles vaccination campaign targeting nearly half a million children in March 2026 to prevent outbreaks of the preventable disease.
The Paraguayan Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare has launched a nationwide measles vaccination campaign in March 2026, focusing on children from six months to under ten years of age. The drive aims to immunize almost 500,000 children and strengthen the country’s measles surveillance and rapid response capacity. The campaign is particularly intensified in the Central Department, which accounts for a significant portion of the national target population. The move follows sustained efforts to maintain high immunization coverage and prevent imported measles cases from sparking local transmission.
- Status
- active
- Location
- Asunción, Paraguay
- Date added
- 2026-03-26 10:31 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-03-26 10:31 UTC
- Source
- The Asunción Times
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