The Bolivia Minister of Health and Sports reported Friday at least 228,000 children, adolescents and young people between 6 months and 19 years old have already been immunized against measles throughout the country, since the vaccination campaign began on March 4.
4,244 vaccination brigades were deployed to do this work reaching educational units and hard-to-reach areas throughout the national territory.
“The cost of eliminating measles from a country is extremely high. In our country, we have launched the campaign jointly with the Ministry of Education. We need the population to realize that a sudden outbreak means that for every 1,000 infected people, there will be one death,” emphasized Marcela Flores Zambrana, Minister of Health and Sports.
According to an epidemiological analysis, systematic vaccination contributed significantly to the control of the epidemic, with three cases reported in the last four weeks, making a total of 647 nationwide since the start of the epidemic in April 2025.
This immunization process also reduced the number of affected municipalities, which were initially 62 in 2025 and are now only two; Santa Cruz and Warnes.
The second phase of vaccination began Friday nationwide, concentrating actions in health centers where on-site vaccination will be carried out, complemented by the scheduled deployment of personnel to educational units and remote communities.
For this stage, attention will be reinforced in 3,509 vaccination centers throughout the country, where 1,852,122 doses of SR vaccine and 480,767 of MMR are available.
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