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Quinta, COVID outbreak delay mass immunization for children in 3 regions this week

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 08:56 PM

The DOH attributed this to the delayed start of the program in several municipalities due to Typhoon Quinta and local COVID-19 outbreaks. Read more »

DOH immunization drive apektado ng Bagyong Quinta

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 12:28 PM

MAYNILA - Naantala ang implementasyon ng supplemental immunization kontra tigdas at polio ng Department of Health sa dalawag rehiyon na apektado ng pananalasa ng bagyong Quinta.   Read more »

'End Polio Now'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 03:12 PM

Members of the Department of Health and Rotary Club International gather in front of the Rizal Monument on Saturday for a campaign against polio dubbed as “End Polio Now" on World Polio Day.  Read more »

Pagbabakuna kontra tigdas, polio simula na sa Okt. 26

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 10:59 AM

MAYNILA - Aarangkada na ang pagbabakuna laban sa mga sakit na tigdas at polio sa Lunes, Oktubre 26, ayon sa Department of Health.   Read more »

DOH ramps up measles, polio immunization campaign ahead of possible outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 01:10 PM

The health department on Wednesday urged parents to vaccinate their children against measles, polio, and rubella in a bid to prevent an outbreak next year. Read more »

DOH urges LGUs to continue immunization for other diseases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 10:03 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reminded local chief executives to continue with their immunization programs for vaccine-preventable diseases like measles, rubella and polio amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

DOH to launch measles, polio immunization activities in Bicol, Mimaropa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 02:00 PM

The Department of Health said Sunday it would launch immunization drives in Mimaropa and Bicol against measles, polio and rubella from Oct. 26 to Nov. 25 after it warned of possible outbreaks. Read more »

DOH assures public of vaccine supply vs measles, polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 10:51 PM

The Philippine health department assured the public of enough supply of measles vaccines amid warnings of a possible outbreak next year.  Read more »

4 milyong bata target na mabakunahan kontra tigdas: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 11:40 PM

MAYNILA - Kasado na ang Department of Health sa pagsasagawa ng pagbabakuna kontra tigdas sa milyong-milyong mga bata para mapigilan ang posibleng pagkakaroon ng outbreak ng sakit sa susunod na taon.   Read more »

Posibleng magkaroon ng measles outbreak sa 2021: DOH

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 07 06:52 PM

Posibleng magkaroon muli ng malaking outbreak ng measles o tigdas sa susunod na taon, sabi ng Department of Health. Read more »

‘Historic day’: UN declares Africa free of polio

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 26 01:30 AM

The UN's WHO Tuesday declared that Africa was now free of the virus that causes polio, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world. Read more »

Lockdowns, dengue-vaccine scare stifle Philippines' battle vs polio reemergence

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 07:45 PM

The DOH is pushing hard to vaccinate tens of thousands of children for polio despite the coronavirus pandemic, which slowed down the government's immunization program during the early months of the community lockdowns.   Read more »

Study hints old vaccines may stop coronavirus; scientists skeptical

Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 30 11:39 AM

Now a study suggests that people who have received certain routine vaccines in the recent past — including childhood vaccinations like measles-mumps-rubella and polio, as well as adult flu vaccines — have lower coronavirus infection rates than those not recently vaccinated.   Read more »

Red Cross to launch polio vaccine drive in parts of Luzon next month

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 02:30 PM

The Philippine Red Cross will launch next month its polio vaccine drive in Central Luzon and parts of Calabarzon, an official said Sunday. Read more »

Higit 300,000 bata sa Bangsamoro nabigyan ng polio vaccine

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 02:35 PM

Nabigyan na ng bakuna kontra polio ang higit 300,000 bata sa Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, sabi ng Ministry of Health ng rehiyon ngayong Huwebes. Read more »

Higit 634,000 bata sa Mindanao, nabakunahan kontra polio: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 11:05 PM

Sa gitna ng COVID-19 pandemic, nakatuon pa din ang Department of Health, World Health Organization at UNICEF sa polio outbreak sa Pilipinas na unang inanunsyo noong September 2019. Read more »

'Cannot afford another outbreak': Philippines resumes polio immunization campaign

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 07:06 PM

With many hospitals dealing with COVID-19 cases, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Filipinos “cannot afford to overwhelm our health system with another outbreak.” Read more »

Malawakang pagbabakuna vs polio umarangkada sa Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 02:34 PM

Muling umarangkada ngayong Lunes ang malawakang pagbabakuna kontra polio sa Mindanao matapos maantala bunsod ng coronavirus disease pandemic.   Read more »

Philippines should build own vaccine factories, says lawmaker

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 10:03 AM

Sen. Richard Gordon on Tuesday said the Philippines should put up its own vaccine factories to keep the country safe from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and other vaccine-preventable diseases. Read more »

Slowing the coronavirus is speeding the spread of other diseases

Jan Hoffman and Ruth Maclean, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 15 08:45 AM

As poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they are unintentionally contributing to fresh explosions of illness and death from other diseases — ones that are readily prevented by vaccines.   Read more »