Miriam Orellana has been a nursing assistant for 37 years, reaching the health center Alonzo Suazo in Tegucigalpa at 6 am, to prepare the cooler containing vaccines to be administered during the day, gathering the paperwork necessary to keep vaccination schedules, and during this Vaccination Week in the Americas, the person who will coordinate crews … Read more →

Picasa Album: Semana Vacunación en las Américas – Guatemala, Livingston, Izabal Vaccination is kind of a party in Guatemala, where everyone was invited to participate. Follow the link on the left to see more photos of Vaccination Week in the Americas in Livingston, Izabal. This activity had the participation of health personnel from Guatemala and … Read more →

Port of Prince, Haiti, 21 April 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — As the 10th annual Vaccination Week in the Americas got under way, Haiti today launched intensive vaccination activities to protect children against diseases including polio, measles and rubella, among others. A launch event was held in Port of Prince with the participation of national health authorities, … Read more →

Vaccination Week was launched from the Dominican Republic on April 19, with the participation of the Minister of Health, Dr. Bautista Rojas Gómez, and Dr. Lilian Reneau-Vernon, Country Representative and other authorities.  Dominican Repúblic is using the Vaccination Week to vaccinate children under three years of age with oral polio vaccine as well as vaccinating … Read more →