Brazil has long been on the frontlines in the fight against Yellow Fever. In this episode, we hear the story of the country’s response to a recent three-year outbreak which tested its resources and cost hundreds of lives. Dr Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha, Deputy Secretary for Health and Environmental Surveillance at the Ministry of Health in Brazil and the eminent Dr Pedro Vasconcelos, Professor of Pathology and specialist in arbovirology and tropical medicine at Pará State University, share their experience and insights on developing surveillance systems to detect the Yellow Fever virus in communities and launching mass vaccination campaigns, successfully controlling the epidemic in the country.

O Brasil há muito está na linha de frente no combate à febre amarela. Neste episódio, ouvimos a história da reação do país a um recente surto de três anos que testou seus recursos e custou centenas de vidas. O Dr. Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha, Secretário-Adjunto de Vigilância em Saúde e Meio Ambiente do Ministério da Saúde do Brasil, e o eminente Dr. Pedro Vasconcelos, Professor de Patologia e especialista em arbovirologia e medicina tropical na Universidade do Estado do Pará, compartilham suas experiências e percepções sobre o desenvolvimento de sistemas de vigilância para detectar o vírus da febre amarela nas comunidades e a instauração de campanhas de vacinação em massa, controlando com sucesso a epidemia no país.

In this episode, we delve into the remarkable progress of the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy, which has vaccinated over 350 million people since 2017. This success story is a testament to the power of global partnerships. As the EYE Strategy approaches the end of its 10-year operational period, we explore what has been achieved and what still needs to be done to ensure the continued success of this global immunisation Effort. We hear from Dr Laurence Cibrelus, Global Lead for the EYE Strategy and from Dr Ephrem Lemango, Associate Director and Chief of Immunisation at UNICEF.