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Measles outbreak vaccination response

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Feb 16 11:07 PM

A child reacts during a Philippine Red Cross Measles Outbreak Vaccination Response activity in Baseco compound, a slum area in Manila on Saturday. A growing measles outbreak in the Philippines killed at least 25 people last month, officials said, putting some of the blame on mistrust stoked by a scare over an anti-dengue fever vaccine. Read more »

Health centers bubuksan sa weekends para sa pagpapabakuna vs tigdas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 09:05 PM

Bukas na ang lahat ng mga health center sa bansa tuwing weekend para sa pagpapabakuna kontra tigdas sa gitna ng outbreak. Read more »

DOH launches weekend immunization campaign vs measles

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 03:51 PM

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) again appealed to parents to have their children vaccinated during the launch of its weekend immunization campaign against measles in Mandaluyong City Saturday.  Read more »

WHO: 2.6 million Filipino children at risk of measles

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 05:55 AM

MANILA - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday that some 2.6 million Filipino children are at risk of contracting measles, as parts of the country grapples with the deadly outbreak of the contagious disease.   Read more »

Kampanya kontra tigdas dinala sa mga barangay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 10:52 PM

Ibinaba na sa mga barangay chairman sa Maynila ang kampanya para labanan ang tigdas. Read more »

Mga nagpapabakuna kontra-tigdas, dumarami

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 01:15 AM

Dumami na ang mga magulang na nagpapabakuna ng kanilang anak kontra-tigdas. Read more »

Measles care unit, tents itinayo kontra siksikan ng mga pasyente

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 10:57 PM

Inaasahang maiibsan na ang siksikan ng mga pasyenteng may tigdas sa San Lazaro Hospital dahil sa inilagay na measles care unit ng Philippine Red Cross at karagdagang tent ng Department of Health.  Read more »

Dengue outbreak declared in Kawayan, Biliran

Jenette F. Ruedas, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 07:24 PM

The local government of Kawayan town in Biliran has declared a dengue outbreak.    Read more »

Red Cross sets up measles care unit

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 05:36 PM

A medical staff checks a patient at the Philippine Red Cross measles care unit of the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila on Wednesday.  Read more »

No need for state of calamity due to measles outbreak - Gordon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 04:45 PM

The number of measles cases in regions hit by an outbreak of the deadly disease is still "manageable" and does not justify the declaration of a state of calamity, Senator Richard Gordon said in a statement released Wednesday.  Read more »

Q&A: What you need to know about the measles outbreak in the Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 08:52 PM

The World Health Organization released a series of questions and answers about the measles outbreak in the Philippines. Read more »

Measles outbreak inaasahang tatagal hanggang Marso: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 08:34 PM

Hindi pa maidedeklarang "under control" ang measles outbreak at inaasahang tatagal pa ito hanggang Marso, ayon kay Health Undersecretary Eric Domingo. Read more »

'Helpless, scared': Mom shares how daughter battled measles

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 06:32 PM

While highly preventable with immunization, measles remains as a deadly disease, especially for very young children.   Read more »

The cost of measles: Spend $200 on measles vaccine, or $10,000 for care?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 02:13 PM

Would you rather spend $200 on a measles vaccine, or $10,000 in the case of a measles outbreak?  Read more »

Pagpapalawak sa immunization program, tututukan ng gobyerno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 12:42 AM

Sa kabila ng measles outbreak sa NCR at iba pang rehiyon, iginiit ng DOH na hindi pa kailangang magdeklara ng state of emergency. Read more »

DOH: 4,300 kaso ng tigdas naitala, 70 patay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 07:44 PM

May 70 tao nang naiulat na nasawi dahil sa tigdas habang pumalo na sa 4,300 ang naitalang kaso ng tigdas sa bansa sa loob ng higit isang buwan, sabi ngayong Lunes ng Department of Health. Read more »

70 dead due to measles, complications

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 01:43 PM

Seventy measles-infected individuals nationwide have died as of Sunday evening, an official of the Department of Health said. Read more »

Mga pasyenteng may tigdas sa ospital sa Tarlac nadagdagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 07:01 PM

Nadagdagan ang bilang ng mga batang isinugod sa Tarlac Provincial Hospital sa Tarlac City dahil sa tigdas. Read more »

Red Cross needs volunteers in measles fight: exec

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 10 01:37 PM

The Philippine Red Cross needs volunteers to help save children who are most vulnerable in an outbreak of measles that hit large swaths of the country, an official said Sunday. Read more »

'Sila ang may kasalanan:' PAO chief washes hands of vaccination slump

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 10 09:23 PM

The head of the Public Attorney's Office denied Sunday that it caused a decline in immunization rates because of its controversial probe into the Dengvaxia dengue vaccine.   Read more »