Editing BCG vaccine (section)

===Americas===
* Brazil introduced universal BCG immunization in 1967–1968, and the practice continues until now. According to Brazilian law, BCG is given again to professionals in the health sector and people close to patients with tuberculosis or [[leprosy]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
* Canadian Indigenous communities receive the BCG vaccine,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bacille Calmette–Guerin (BCG) Information for Health Professionals |url=https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/health-wellness-care/information-for-healthcare-professionals/communicable-disease-info-for-health-professionals/tuberculosis-information-for-health-professionals/bacille-calmette-guerin-bcg-information-for-health-professionals/ |website=toronto.ca |access-date=8 April 2020 |date=January 2020 |archive-date=6 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506111602/https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/health-wellness-care/information-for-healthcare-professionals/communicable-disease-info-for-health-professionals/tuberculosis-information-for-health-professionals/bacille-calmette-guerin-bcg-information-for-health-professionals/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and in the province of Quebec the vaccine was offered to children until the mid-70s.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Rousseau MC, Conus F, Kâ K, El-Zein M, Parent MÉ, Menzies D | title = Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination patterns in the province of Québec, Canada, 1956-1974 | journal = Vaccine | volume = 35 | issue = 36 | pages = 4777–4784 | date = August 2017 | pmid = 28705514 | doi = 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.06.064 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
* Most countries in Central and South America have universal BCG immunizations,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siise.gob.ec/siiseweb/PageWebs/SALUD/ficsal_S21.htm |title=Ficha metodológica |access-date=12 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152751/http://www.siise.gob.ec/siiseweb/PageWebs/SALUD/ficsal_S21.htm |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> as does Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gob.mx/salud/en/articulos/esquema-de-vacunacion |title=Esquema de Vacunación |access-date=28 May 2024 |archive-date=25 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725192848/https://www.gob.mx/salud/en/articulos/esquema-de-vacunacion |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The United States has never used mass immunization of BCG due to the rarity of tuberculosis in the US, relying instead on the detection and treatment of [[latent tuberculosis]].<ref name="CDC BCG">{{cite web | title=Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Vaccine for Tuberculosis | website=Tuberculosis (TB) | date=11 July 2024 | url=https://www.cdc.gov/tb/hcp/vaccines/ | access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref><ref name="CDC Tuberculosis">{{cite web | title=Tuberculosis Vaccine | website=Tuberculosis (TB) | date=11 July 2024 | url=https://www.cdc.gov/tb/vaccines/ | access-date=5 September 2024 | archive-date=5 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905041249/https://www.cdc.gov/tb/vaccines/ | url-status=live }}</ref>