mRNA vaccines: a Latin American perspective

According to UNICEF's State of the World's Children 2023 report, in Latin America and the Caribbean, 6.8 million children did not benefit from vaccination during the time of the pandemic and in the following two years, progress has not been as expected either.

For this reason, one of the great challenges is to raise vaccination rates to the levels they had before COVID-19, writes The Pharma Letter's local correspondent.

To achieve this goal, work is being done  through actions such as 'Vaccination Week in the Americas 2024', led by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); calls to action such as 'Act now to protect your future. #Vacúnate'; and campaigns such as 'Compas en Vax' by the Latin American Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (Fifarma), an invitation to see vaccination as a social activity, where couples, family, friends and neighbors support each other to create a healthier and more resilient community.