- Butantan-DV is a dengue vaccine made in Brazil.
- Anvisa approved it on 26 November.
- It is for people aged 12 to 59 years.
- The vaccine needs only one dose to work.
- One dose can help reach remote Amazon communities.
- Trials in Brazil had 16,000 volunteers over nearly a decade.
- The vaccine showed 74.7% overall and 91.6% severe efficacy.
- More than 1,000,000 doses are ready for distribution.
- It will join the national programme in early 2026.
Difficult words
- vaccine — medicine that helps the body avoid disease
- approved — to say yes to a new medicine
- dose — small amount of medicine for one timedoses
- remote — far away from towns and cities
- Trials — study to test a medicine or vaccine
- volunteers — person who joins a study by choice
- efficacy — how well a medicine or vaccine works
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Discussion questions
- Would you take a vaccine that needs one dose?
- Have you visited a remote area?
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