Tag page - Measles

DOH A total of 589 measles cases were recorded across the country in 2022, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. This figure posted a 186 percent increase as compared to the year 2021 where only 206 cases were logged, the DOH report showed. Calabarzon registered the most number of...

BRAZZAVILLE, Congo -- Africa is facing an explosion of preventable diseases due to delays in vaccinating children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday, with measles cases jumping 400 percent. Twenty African countries reported measles outbreaks in the first quarter of this year, eight...

(RITM) The seven subnational laboratories of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) have the capacity to test vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), an official of the institute said on Wednesday, Jan. 26. “Tungkol po doon sa sub-national laboratories natin, ito po ay para sa apat na...

The Department of Health (DOH) released a video featuring Rep. Angelina "Helen" D.L. Tan, MD. reminding and encouraging parents to have their kids vaccinated to be safe from measles, rubella and polio. The representative of Quezon City’s 4th district said that in the middle of COVID 19 pandemic,...