- by KRIZETTE CHU
The Denvaxia rollout continues as more countries around the globe approve the world’s first dengue vaccine. In April, Argentina and Malaysia joined 14 other countries to have already given the dengue vaccine a green light. A total of 16 countries approved Dengvaxia for rollout to…
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- by KRIZETTE CHU
Lessons and challenges from the first country in the world to vaccinate in a public health program. Could a dengue-free Philippines be on the horizon? The populous southeast Asian nation is moving in the right direction but the dengue burden remains high. For many doctors…
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- by Gary Finnegan
A global expert in vaccine confidence says attitudes to other vaccines can affect dengue vaccination rates. Media monitoring and can help address fears and dispel myths. Vaccines are among the top public health inventions of all time. Over the past 50 years, they have eradicated…
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- by Alison
The dengue vaccine pipeline continues to develop steadily. We last took a look at the state of dengue vaccine development back in October 2014. Since then, Sanofi Pasteur’s CYD-TDV has been licensed, trademarked as Dengvaxia®, and two vaccine candidates – one developed by Takeda and…
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- by Gary Finnegan
The dengue vaccine launch in Mexico could be the missing link to successfully combating the dengue virus in the country home to over 122 million people. Doctors in Mexico’s private clinics are offering vaccination against dengue fever. The country is among nine other countries to approve the…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Another week, another milestone. Momentum is building for the widespread use of the first-ever dengue vaccine. Last week saw the launch of a dengue vaccine program in Paraná State in Brazil, while private clinics in El Salvador began offing vaccination to clients. This week public…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Paraná State’s dengue vaccine program targets 500,000 people Brazil’s dengue vaccination program in Paraná marks the first of its kind in Latin America. The populous region has more than 10 million residents, 85% of whom live in densely-populated urban centers. Dengue incidence has tripled from 2013…
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- by Laura Villadiego
After decades of research, the World Health Organization endorsed earlier this year the first vaccine against dengue, a virus that infects about 390 million people in the world every year and has no known treatment. Now the vaccine faces its next challenge: adoption. In the…
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- by Gary Finnegan
Q&A with the documentary filmmaker targeting dengue Programmed to Kill: Dengue, the new documentary from Malaysian filmmaker Gerard Benedict is set to air on the History Channel across Asia this week. The film takes an in-depth look at dengue fever, a disease unknown to many,…
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- by Nicholas Brooke
A key WHO expert group recommends that the world’s first dengue vaccine be used in countries where the disease is endemic. The WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) said that countries with high dengue transmission should consider the introduction of dengue vaccination as…
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