Acre faces respiratory disease alerts and low vaccine coverage

The state of Acre is facing significant public health challenges regarding respiratory illnesses and low vaccination rates among pregnant women. According to the Fiocruz InfoGripe Bulletin, Acre remains one of 11 Brazilian states with a high incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SRAG), maintaining an alert or high-risk status despite a general downward trend in cases across much of the country.

Simultaneously, the Acre State Health Secretariat (Sesacre) has labeled the low coverage of Covid-19 vaccinations among pregnant women as an “extremely preocupante” (extremely worrying) scenario. Data from the first half of 2026 shows that the state reached only 34.86% coverage for the Covid-19 vaccine, significantly below the 90% target. In contrast, coverage for the dTpa and RSV vaccines among the same demographic reached 74.55% and 76.87%, respectively. While municipalities like Jordão and Santa Rosa do Purus exceeded targets, many others, such as Porto Acre, reported coverage as low as 4.90%.