"Brazil Launches Groundbreaking Mass Dengue Vaccination Campaign"
Dourados, a city in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state, has started the country's first mass vaccination campaign against dengue using Takeda's vaccine, QDENGA. The campaign aims to vaccinate 150,000 residents aged between 4 and 59, with the first batch of 90,000 doses already distributed. This follows a rise in dengue cases and deaths in Brazil, with 1.6 million cases and 1,053 deaths reported in 2023. The vaccine will be included in Brazil's national vaccination program but will initially focus on priority groups due to limited supply.