vaccination

Cuba begins Human Papillomavirus vaccination in girls

Published on: October 31, 2025
09:43

Havana, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) More than 68,000 nine-year-old Cuban girls will receive an intramuscular dose of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the Granma newspaper reported.

Cuba to vaccinate all nine-year-old girls against HPV

Published on: September 30, 2025
09:58

Havana, Sept 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuban pharmacist Dagmar Garcia listed the benefits of the upcoming vaccination campaign against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which will benefit all nine-year-old girls on this Caribbean island.

Nicaragua will vaccinate more than 256,000 children against HPV

Published on: September 9, 2025
11:06

Managua, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) The Nicaraguan Ministry of Health (MINSA) will begin a vaccination campaign here today to protect 256,794 boys between 10 and 14 years of age against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

PAHO calls for vaccination due to increase in whopping couph

Published on: August 27, 2025
10:00

Washington, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) Cases of whooping cough in the Americas rose drastically in the last year, so the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reaffirmed the importance of strengthening vaccination and surveillance systems.

Angola to vaccinate nearly seven million children against polio

Published on: August 15, 2025
11:37

Luanda, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Angola began the second phase of its polio vaccination campaign, which aims to reach nearly seven million children across the country.

National polio vaccination campaign begins in Afghanistan

Published on: April 21, 2025
09:06

Kabul, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Afghanistan today began a national campaign for the vaccination against polio of more than 11 million children under five years of age.

Vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 and RSV in Uruguay

Published on: January 13, 2025
12:13

Montevideo, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) of Uruguay is starting a new vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

DRC province stars vaccination campaign against Mpox

Published on: October 6, 2024
10:23

Kinshasa, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), launched the vaccination campaign against smallpox (Mpox) to immunize about 48,000 people, Radio Okapi reported on Sunday.

Logistical difficulties delay Mpox vaccination in DRC

Published on: October 3, 2024
11:35

Kinshasa, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) Difficulties with the logistics chain that must ensure the vaccination campaign against monkeypox (Mpox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) forced the postponement of its start to October 5, it was reported.

Cuban pediatric population received pneumococcal vaccine

Published on: October 3, 2024
10:07

Havana, Oct. 3 (Latin Press) Nearly 90% of the Cuban pediatric population received the first dose of a pneumococcal vaccine, in a campaign involving 670 certified vaccination centers, official sources reported.

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