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Brazil launches dashboard as ACWY vaccination coverage reaches 67%
Brazil's Health Ministry has launched a dashboard to track ACWY vaccination among adolescents aged 11 to 14.
The vaccine protects against four groups of bacteria that can cause meningitis or meningococcal disease.
Coverage is 67.1%, below the 95% target set for vaccination, according to the new dashboard.
Coverage is lowest among 11-year-olds, at 46.76%, and highest among 14-year-olds, at 77.42%.
The dashboard combines health and population records to show vaccination levels by age and region.
Officials can use the data to identify areas with low coverage and plan efforts to reach more adolescents.
Meningococcal disease can progress quickly, cause lasting harm or be fatal, so the ministry says suspected serious symptoms require immediate medical care.
Brazil’s Ministry of Health launched a dashboard to monitor meningococcal ACWY vaccination among adolescents aged 11 to 14.
The reported coverage is 67% nationally, below the recommended target of 95%.
The dashboard is intended to identify areas with low vaccination rates and help guide health planning.
The vaccine protects against four bacterial serogroups that can cause invasive meningococcal disease.
- Who
- Brazil’s Ministry of Health launched the dashboard for health managers and professionals.
- What
- A dashboard to monitor ACWY vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 11 to 14.
- When
- It was launched on Wednesday, 28 October 2026.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- To identify areas with low vaccination rates and guide planning and efforts to increase immunization.
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The meningococcal ACWY vaccine became part of Brazil’s National Vaccination Calendar.
The Ministry of Health launched the ACWY vaccination dashboard.
- Coverage
- 67% nationally; VEJA reports 67.1%.
- Recommended target
- 95% vaccination coverage.
- Target group
- Adolescents aged 11 to 14.
- Lowest age-specific coverage
- 46.76% among 11-year-olds.
- Highest age-specific coverage
- 77.42% among 14-year-olds.
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The meningococcal ACWY vaccine protects against four serogroups of the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (A, C, W and Y), responsible for invasive meningococcal disease, which can manifest as meningitis or meningococcemia.
This methodology helps reduce duplication and inconsistencies in records, improve the calculation of the reference population and increase the reliability of vaccination coverage indicators.