The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday, October 27, announced that it has reinforced its fight against polio through a series of vaccination and health promotion activities across the country, in line with the global observance of World Polio Day 2025 on October 24. In partnership with local...
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign...
The University of the Philippines Diliman Quezon Hall, De La Salle University Taft Campus, the Quezon Memorial Shrine at the Elliptical Road, and the SM MOA Globe were lit red on Tuesday evening in unison with Rotary International's call to "End Polio Now." Since the World Health Assembly adopted...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) announced on Tuesday, Oct. 24, that it had vaccinated over one million children against the debilitating poliovirus. Photo credit to PRC The humanitarian organization released a statement that coincides with "World Polio Day," an annual observance that...
The Department of Health (DOH) cited the Muntinlupa City government for its vaccination campaign against polio, measles, and rubella. In a citation given to the city, the DOH said Muntinlupa gave a "great contribution in the achievement of goals and objectives of the Measles-Rubella and bivalent...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Health officials here have reported that parents refuse to have their children vaccinated against measles, rubella, and polio for various reasons. AN eligible child receives a vaccine during the kick-off ceremony of the Measles-Rubella and Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has asked parents to have their children vaccinated against measles, rubella, and polio. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) In a video message, he called on parents to support the vaccine campaign of the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) has lauded local government units (LGUs) across Western Visayas region with high vaccination of children below five-years-old against measles and rubella (MR) as well as administration of oral polio vaccine. DOH-6 Director Adriano Suba-an (left)...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) noted a 100 percent increase in measles-rubella cases in the region. Dr. Joanne Antonette Albito, Medical Officer 3 of the DOH-7 Family Health Section, said that 67 cases have been recorded in Cebu province from January to April this...
More than two million children have been vaccinated against measles and rubella, while 800,000 kids received the oral polio vaccine amid the ongoing supplemental immunization campaign of the government, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, May 9. As of May 7, there were 2.3 million...
ILOILO CITY – More than 100,000 newborns and children below five years of age across Western Visayas region have been immunized against measles and polio in the first week of the massive nationwide immunization campaign. DOH-6 Director Adriano Suba-an (left) assists in administering the oral polio...
BUTUAN CITY – Twenty-nine children were inoculated against measles and polio during the launching of the Measles-Rubella and Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity Campaign (MR-OPV-SIA) in Claver, Surigao del Norte on Wednesday, May 3. Top officials from the Department of Health...
