Municipalities in Santa Catarina will receive 47,463 doses of the dengue vaccine

In a press conference held on the afternoon of this Thursday, 25th, the Ministry of Health (MS) announced a new expansion of vaccination against dengue in the state of Santa Catarina. In addition to the two regions that have already received doses, Northeast and Greater Florianópolis, from this expansion, all fourteen cities in the Médio Vale do Itajaí will also be covered. According to Technical Note No. 47/2024-CGIRF/DPNI/SVSA/MS, the region will receive 47,463 doses. The target audience remains the same, children and teenagers aged 10 to 14.

The selection of municipalities that will receive the vaccines continues to follow the same criteria already informed by the Ministry of Health in the Operational Technical Report of the Dengue Vaccination Strategy in 2024. “Large municipalities (larger population) were selected to receive doses of the vaccine. or equal to 100 thousand inhabitants) with high dengue transmission in the last 10 years, including the other municipalities in their health regions, regardless of population size, ordered by the predominance of the DENV-2 serotype (recent reemergence) and the largest number of cases in monitoring 2023/2024 (SE-27/2023 to SE-02/2024).

In this way, as soon as the state receives a new shipment of doses of the dengue vaccine, they will be distributed for application to the population aged 10 to 14 in the municipalities of the Médio Vale do Itajaí region. New doses are expected to arrive in the state next week.

The dengue vaccine is administered in a two-dose schedule (dose 1 + dose 2) with an interval of three months between doses. Immunization aims to reduce hospitalizations and deaths from the disease. The State Department of Health advises that parents and guardians with children in this age group look for a vaccination center so that they can take the doses.

Check out the municipalities covered
Blumenau – 20,227 doses
Brusque – 8,647 doses
Apiúna – 614 doses
Gaspar – 4,478 doses
Indaial – 4,424 doses
Pomerode – 2,006 doses
Guabiruba – 1,526 doses
Ascurra – 444 doses
Timbó – 2,611 doses
Botuverá – 297 doses
Benedito Novo – 648 doses
Rodeo – 728 doses
Rio dos Cedros – 618 doses
Doutor Pedrinho – 195 doses

Source: DIVE