Overview

• India’s Ministry of External Affairs said the July 17 shipment includes 300,000 vaccine doses, syringes and cold-chain supplies to shore up Bolivia’s response.
• The consignment is part of India’s Vaccine Maitri initiative, which has extended medical support to Bolivia since a 2020 aid delivery.
• Bolivia declared a national health emergency in early July after reporting 119 measles cases, with the majority in Santa Cruz and confirmed infections in eight other departments.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Luis Arce at the BRICS Summit in Brazil this month to discuss expanded cooperation in healthcare, digital infrastructure and critical minerals.
• Bolivian health authorities have launched a mass vaccination drive focused on children under five to contain the outbreak’s spread.