The tenth anniversary of Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) will be celebrated from 21-28 April 2012.

VWA is an extraordinary effort led by the countries and territories of the Region to advance equity and access to vaccination. VWA activities strengthen the national immunization programs in the Americas by reaching out to populations with little access to regular health services, such as those populations living in urban fringes, rural and border areas and in indigenous communities. Since its inception in 2003, more than 365 million individuals of all ages have been vaccinated during campaigns conducted under the framework of VWA.

News and Press Releases

Friday, April 27

• El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala Launch Tenth Vaccination Week in the Americas
• Vaccination Week in the Americas Seeks to Reach the Region’s Indigenous Populations

Thursday, April 26

• Honduran volunteers reach the population by knocking on doors with vaccines for children and pregnant women during Vaccination Week
• PAHO Revolving Fund helps countries acquire vaccines for Vaccination Week in the Americas

Wednesday, April 25

• An example for the parents on vaccination of her children arrives to Honduras
• Vaccination Week celebrations in Jamaica
• Honduras launches Vaccination Week with representatives of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, government officials, and the Assistant Director of PAHO
• Vaccination Week in Guatemala

Monday, April 23

• Visit of Health Secretary of Honduras, Gates Foundation and PAHO/WHO
• Officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border join Vaccination Week in the Americas

Sunday, April 22

• Vaccination sparks new hope in a Haitian school
• Vaccination Activities in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Saturday, April 21

• PAHO launches Vaccination Week in the Americas in Haiti, with intensive vaccination activities focused on children
• President Ollanta Humala, First Lady Nadine Heredia and Minister Alberto Tejada, launched Vaccination Campaign in the Americas in Peru

Friday, April 20

• Guatemala launches Vaccination Week in the Americas
• Dominican Republic Launched its Vaccination Week

• Latin American Celebrities Support Vaccination Week in the Americas

Thursday, April 19

• Vaccination Week in the Americas seeks to protect 44 million people in the region

Wednesday, April 18

• Video of First Ladies in the Launching of Vaccination Week in the Americas

Tuesday, April 17

• Haiti Begins Intensive Vaccination Activities

Sunday, April 15

• Ministers of Health of Ecuador and Peru Launch Vaccination Week
• First Ladies Help Launch of Vaccination Week in the Americas during VI Summit of the Americas

Saturday, April 14

• VACUNATON 2012
• PAHO and the Ministry of Health of Colombia Launch Vaccination Week in the Americas at Regional Summit
• Video of Launching of Vaccination Week in the Americas, Cartagena, Colombia

Friday, April 13

• PAHO and partners launch Vaccination Week in the Americas and World Immunization Week

Wednesday, April 11

• Vice President of Colombia stops by PAHO stand

Tuesday, April 10

• PAHO photography exhibit, “Vaccination: An Act of Love,” on display at Summit of the Americas
• Resolution for Establishment of a World Immunization Week

Vaccination Weeks Around the World

• • African Vaccination Week
  • Eastern Mediterranean Vaccination Week
  • European Immunization Week
  • Western Pacific Vaccination Week
  • Border Health Commission-National Infant Immunization Week (USA-Mexico)
  • CDC-National Infant Immunization Week (USA)
  • National Immunization Awareness Week (Canada)
  • World Immunization Week (World Health Organization)

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