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Garin renews push for vaccination to prevent 'deadly' liver cancer outbreak in 2042

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Garin renews push for vaccination to prevent 'deadly' liver cancer outbreak in 2042

By Dexter Barro II

At A Glance

House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has reiterated her call to have children inoculated with three doses of vaccine against Hepatitis B to prevent a possible liver cancer outbreak in the year 2042.

Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB)

House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has reiterated her call to have children inoculated with three doses of vaccine against Hepatitis B to prevent a possible liver cancer outbreak in the year 2042.

Garin warned that if unvaccinated children were to be infected by Hepatitis B, approximately 30 percent of these cases could progress to Hepatocellular Carcinoma—which she described as a deadly type of liver cancer.

“We have to act now. Huwag na nating hayaang magkaroon pa ulit tayo ng outbreak lalong-lalo na sa mga vaccine preventable disease,” she said in a statement on Thursday, April 18.

(Let's not have another outbreak, especially with vaccine-preventable diseases.)

Garin, a former Department of Health (DOH) secretary, noted that the intake of the vaccine against Hepatitis B was among those affected by the recent increase in hesitancy among parents to vaccinate their children.

In a recent press conference, the lawmaker blamed the misinformation against the Dengvaxia dengue vaccine during the Duterte administration for the upsurge in vaccine refusals.

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“Ano ang consequence nito? Ang epekto nito ay doon sa mga batang hindi nabakunahan at nahawa ng Hepatitis B. Pagdating ng 2042 to 2045 ay posibleng magkaroon ng maraming liver cancer or Hepatocellular Carcinoma sa Pilipinas dahil sa mga unvaccinated children against hepa,” she explained.

(What is the consequence of this? This will affect the children who were not vaccinated and will get infected with Hepatitis B. When 2042 to 2045 comes, it's possible that there will be many cases of liver cancer or Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Philippines due to unvaccinated children against hepa.)

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection that can cause either an acute or chronic disease.

Garin says vaccines are proven to be effective against this disease. It is recommended for all infants, children, or adolescents younger than 19 years old who have not been vaccinated.

The WHO recently reported that an average of 3,500 died every day in 2022 over health issues related to Hepatitis B.

The Philippines is among the countries that account for two-thirds of the global illness burden from Hepatitis B and C, according to WHO’s 2024 Global Hepatitis Report.

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