A pediatric infectious disease specialist has called for more intensified efforts for the country’s routine immunization to prevent cases of vaccine-preventable diseases from rising. There is an “urgent need to double-time on increasing childhood vaccination in the country,” said Dr. Anna Lisa...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed its concern as over one million children in the Philippines missed out their routine vaccine shots in 2021. UNICEF estimates that globally, 67 million children "missed out entirely or partially on routine immunization" between 2019 and 2021....
The Malabon City government, through the City Health Department (CHD), launched the Department of Health’s (DOH) Intensive Catch Up Routine Immunization program in the city on Monday, Nov. 7, to protect the children against vaccine-preventable diseases. The city government said that there are...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) All regions in the country have already fully-vaccinated more than 40 percent of their respective elderly population, the Department of Health (DOH) said on...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) is targeting to vaccinate at least 880,000 infants nationwide who missed their scheduled routine immunization. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the program will roll-out every last Thursday and Friday starting April to June. "Itong ating (This)...
The Makati City local government, together with the Department of Health (DOH) resumed on Monday the house-to-house routine immunization of its infant and minor residents after being postponed due to the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) previously implemented in Metro Manila amid the surging...
