Mexico City Launches National Health Week with Focus on Vaccination and Preventative Care
Mexico City – September 7, 2025 - The Government of Mexico City kicked off National Health Week today with a major vaccination drive aimed at preventing diseases like measles. Authorities are urging residents to get immunized, with reinforcement schemes available for both children and adults up to age 50.A thousand healthcare professionals will be deployed across the city between September 6th and 13th to administer vaccinations. 600 will work in basic education schools, while the remaining 400 will staff health kiosks set up throughout the capital.
Beyond vaccination, the week-long initiative will offer a wide range of health services, including addiction prevention and treatment, sexual and reproductive health care, screenings for syphilis and HIV, mental health support, and substance abuse resources. Services will also address issues like domestic violence, menstrual health, menopause, legal abortion access, and cancer prevention for breast, cervical, and prostate cancers.Secretary of Health Nadine gasman highlighted significant health challenges facing Mexico, stating that 70 percent of the adult population is overweight or obese, approximately 30 percent have hypertension, and around 14 percent suffer from diabetes. She emphasized the critical need to address mental health and protect children from preventable illnesses, encouraging citizens to utilize the available services at the health kiosks.
Rafael Ricardo Valdez Vázquez, General Director of the National Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, outlined three key commitments for the week: “Today and tomorrow without junk food, today and tomorrow I exercise, today and tomorrow without sugary drinks.” He clarified that these are not prohibitions, but “conscious elections…about creating a culture of self-care from childhood; our schools, households, public spaces and work centers, because it is demonstrated that these three decisions considerably reduce risks of chronic diseases.”
Source: La Jornada newspaper, September 7, 2025, p. 24. Reported by Sandra Hernández García.
