To kick off the Rabies Vaccination Week and the Chikungunya and Dengue Campaign, Alma Rosa Marroquín, the state's Secretary of Health, noted that the actions implemented have considerably reduced the number of dengue cases, as none have been detected to date, compared to last year, when 28 cases were already registered by the same week.
“Fortunately, so far this year we have not identified any cases, unlike last year, for example, when at the start of the season in the same week we already had 28 reported cases; so we are monitoring all these interventions very closely,” said the official.
Marroquín led the First Dengue and Chikungunya Fight Campaign 2026 and the National Week of Canine and Feline Anti-Rabies Vaccination, which will take place from March 23 to 27.
The launch took place at the Uneme Escobedo, where Marroquín administered the first doses of the anti-rabies vaccine to dogs and cats and also kicked off the brigades that will tour the neighborhoods as part of the dengue control actions.
Permanent Campaigns
The state official highlighted that both campaigns are carried out permanently, but as part of the week and the dengue campaign, this week the brigades for household fumigation, larval index measurement, and the delivery of preventive messages to the community about cleaning their homes will be intensified.
“We are acting from a prevention standpoint and are primarily seeking to raise awareness because the combination of water with heat causes mosquitoes to reproduce more quickly and poses a risk to the population.”
Anti-Rabies Vaccination
The event also inaugurated the National Week of Canine and Feline Anti-Rabies Vaccination, through which vaccination will be reinforced in health centers and with door-to-door sweeps, with the aim of increasing the anti-rabies vaccination coverage of companion animals and, in turn, reducing the presence of transmissible diseases that affect the human population.
For this week, the goal is to apply 53,600 doses of rabies vaccine to dogs and cats.
Marroquín urged the population to be co-responsible in the care of their families' health as well as their pets and to get them vaccinated.
“This week we will be intensifying through our networks so that you are very aware of the vaccination points; we will try to cover all the municipalities of the State, we will have this vaccine available in the Health Centers. “This week our goal is to apply more than 53,600 doses of rabies vaccine out of a universe of 66,000 rabies vaccine doses for the year,” expressed the Secretary of Health.
