Dourados, Brazil Starts Mass Dengue Vaccination with Qdenga Vaccine from Japanese Lab Takeda

Dourados, Brazil Starts Mass Dengue Vaccination with Qdenga Vaccine from Japanese Lab Takeda

The measure is carried out thanks to the agreement signed between the city council and the Japanese laboratory Takeda, which developed the ‘Qdenga’ vaccine, which is applied. This Wednesday, Dourados, in Mato Grosso do Sul, began mass vaccination against dengue, thus becoming the first city in the South American giant to do so. The Municipal … Read more

Alert for the invasion of mosquitoes and dengue: there is a lack of repellents and there are sharp increases | In the AMBA and the rest of the country

Alert for the invasion of mosquitoes and dengue: there is a lack of repellents and there are sharp increases |  In the AMBA and the rest of the country

The Ministry of Health warned this week in a statement about a dengue outbreak in the Northeast region and the first autochthonous cases in the provinces of the Central and Northwest regions as a result of “the abundance of rain and high temperatures associated with the El Niño phenomenon”, which “generate favorable environmental conditions for … Read more

Dengue Vaccine Now Available in Santa Fe Pharmacies: How to Get It and Who Can Apply

Dengue Vaccine Now Available in Santa Fe Pharmacies: How to Get It and Who Can Apply

The dengue vaccine developed by the Takeda laboratory can now be found in pharmacies in the province of Santa Fe. The news was announced by Miriam Monasterolo, president of the College of Pharmacists. From January of this year to the first week of December, more than 134,000 cases of dengue were recorded in the country, … Read more

Brazil Becomes First Country to Offer Free Dengue Vaccine to Entire Population

Brazil Becomes First Country to Offer Free Dengue Vaccine to Entire Population

Brazil will be the first country in the world to vaccinate its population free of charge and on a large scale against dengue, one of the tropical diseases transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. The Minister of Health, Nísia Trindade, announced it on her social networks: “We incorporated the dengue vaccine into the SUS [Sistema … Read more

Orange Alert Launched in Northern La Paz Due to Increase in Dengue Cases

Orange Alert Launched in Northern La Paz Due to Increase in Dengue Cases

The head of the Research Epidemiology Unit of the Departmental Service of La Paz (Headquarters), Gabriela Mamani, launched an orange alert this Wednesday due to the increase in dengue cases in northern La Paz. “We are launching the orange dengue alert. The alert was launched yesterday to the different coordinations of the department so that … Read more

The Power of Wolbachia: Preventing Dengue Fever In Indonesia

The Power of Wolbachia: Preventing Dengue Fever In Indonesia

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Studies by a research team in Yogyakarta over 12 years prove the application of technology wolbachia effectively reducing the number of cases hemorrhagic fever or what is also known as dengue. However, how can this intervention actually prevent people from contracting dengue? Professor Adi Utarini or usually known as Professor Uut, a … Read more

Luo Yijun can go home and wash clothes!End of 64-day stay in Tainan, dengue fever hits 3-month low

Luo Yijun can go home and wash clothes!End of 64-day stay in Tainan, dengue fever hits 3-month low

Luo Yijun can go home and wash clothes! After 64 days in Tainan, dengue fever reached a three-month low of 63 CNEWS Convergence News Network reporter Chen Junkai/Reporting from Taipei The local dengue fever epidemic in Tainan City has reached a new low in three months. Minister of Health and Welfare Xue Ruiyuan went south … Read more

The Impact of Acetophenone in Dengue Fever Patients on Mosquito Attraction: How Microbiota May Help Control Epidemic Transmission

The Impact of Acetophenone in Dengue Fever Patients on Mosquito Attraction: How Microbiota May Help Control Epidemic Transmission

Patients infected with dengue fever release a higher amount of acetophenone, and the acetophenone in the odor component is highly attractive to mosquitoes. (Photo: Provided by Health Medical Network) Although the dengue fever epidemic has slowed down slightly since autumn, the number of dengue fever cases remains high in some areas. Chen Xiuxi, a professor … Read more

Minister of Health Appreciates Takeda’s Efforts in Preventing Dengue Fever and Distributing DHF Vaccines

Minister of Health Appreciates Takeda’s Efforts in Preventing Dengue Fever and Distributing DHF Vaccines

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin appreciated the presence of the global biopharmaceutical company, Takeda, for organizing the Joint Steps to Prevent Dengue campaign to increase awareness and encourage active community participation in preventing dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). “The Ministry of Health also supports dengue vector control with Wolbachia mosquito technology which is currently being … Read more

Takeda’s Strategic Focus on Gastroenterology Treatments and Rare Diseases Positions them for Growth

Takeda’s Strategic Focus on Gastroenterology Treatments and Rare Diseases Positions them for Growth

The Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda has in its company strategy bet on the treatments of gastroenterology, and attend diseases rare such as hemophilia, oncology and vaccinesbecause it considers that this is where their innovation is required and with it they can grow. In interview with MILLENNIUMHernán Porcille, general director of the firm in Mexico, explained … Read more