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Mga Pinoy na mag-a-abroad dagsa sa BOQ para sa pruweba ng bakuna

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 08:05 PM

Libre ang pagpapabakuna sa BOQ pero kailangan bayaran ng P300 ang certificate.  Read more »

Polio vaccine free at quarantine bureau, but certificates fetch fee

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 08:00 AM

Travelers from the Philippines who are required to get polio vaccination certificates by at least 9 countries can get immunized for free by the government, but have to pay P300 for the document, the Bureau of Quarantine said Wednesday. Read more »

DOH confirms 4th polio case in Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 09:07 AM

The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed Tuesday another polio case, the fourth since its re-emergence in the Philippines. Read more »

Panibagong kaso ng polio naitala sa Maguindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 09:25 PM

Kinumpirma ng Research Institute for Tropical Medicine ang panibagong kaso ng polio sa Maguindanao.  Read more »

Morocco clarifies vaccine requirement for Filipinos yet to be implemented

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 06:58 PM

Filipinos traveling to Morocco are not yet required to present an immunization certificate to prove that they have received the polio vaccine, its embassy in the Philippines told ABS-CBN News on Monday.  Read more »

LIST: Countries requiring Filipino travelers to submit polio vaccination certificate upon arrival

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 06:33 PM

MANILA (UPDATE 2) - At least 9 countries now require vaccination certificates from travelers arriving from the Philippines and other countries affected by polio. Read more »

With polio back, DBM restores P9.2 billion in DOH's proposed 2020 budget: Duque

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 04:14 PM

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has agreed to restore P9.2 billion in the Department of Health's (DOH) 2020 budget for human resource as polio - a vaccine-preventable disease - reemerged in the country, the Health chief said Tuesday. Read more »

With polio back, DBM restores P9.2 billion in DOH's proposed 2020 budget: Duque

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 03:00 PM

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has agreed to restore P9.2 billion in the Department of Health's (DOH) 2020 budget for human resource as polio - a vaccine-preventable disease - reemerged in the country, the Health chief said Tuesday. Read more »

Ikatlong kaso ng polio naitala sa Maguindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 12:17 AM

Kinumpirma ng Department of Health na may ikatlong kaso na ng polio sa bansa habang may isa pang kasong hinihintay ang confirmatory test para malaman kung positibo rin ito sa sakit. Read more »

DOH records 3rd polio case in Maguindanao

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 05:18 PM

The third confirmed case is a 4-year-old female from Datu Piang town in Maguindanao, who did not receive any dose of oral polio vaccine, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said in a statement. Read more »

Lahat ng batang edad 5 pababa sa QC nabakunahan na kontra polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 06:38 PM

Nabakunahan na kontra polio ang lahat ng batang edad 5 pababa sa Quezon City.  Read more »

DOH asks parents anew: Vaccinate kids vs polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 08:06 PM

A day after the commemoration of World Polio Day, the Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its appeal to parents to have their children vaccinated against the debilitating disease. Read more »

Pinoys traveling to Indonesia told to get polio vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 25 05:44 PM

The embassy reminded that travelers who refuse to be vaccinated may either be deported or prevented from entering Indonesia. Read more »

2 of 3 strains of polio viruses eradicated in 'historic' step: WHO

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 24 09:24 PM

The World Health Organization welcomed a "historic step" towards a polio-free world on Thursday as an expert panel certified that the second of three types of the crippling virus has been eradicated globally. Read more »

ALAMIN: Libreng oral polio vaccine, kailangan pa rin ba kahit may injection na ang bata?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 06:52 PM

Patuloy ang kampanya ng gobyerno para labanan ang polio, na muling naiulat dito sa bansa matapos ang halos 2 dekada ng pagiging polio-free. Read more »

Two strains of polio are gone, but the end of the disease is still far off

Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times
Posted at Oct 24 12:48 PM

In another milestone on the long, expensive and sometimes discouraging road to wiping out polio, global health officials announced Wednesday that two of the three strains of wild polio virus have officially been eliminated. Read more »

Life and love in the time of polio

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 01:43 PM

Who's afraid of polio? Not these two survivors. Read more »

DOH sa mga biyahero: Magpabakuna kontra polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 12:41 AM

Sa mga aalis ng bansa, inirerekomenda ng health department na magpabakuna kontra sa polio. Read more »

Pagkain, bitamina hatid sa mga nagpabakuna kontra polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 09:12 PM

Kasabay ito ng pamamahagi ng libreng oral polio vaccine (OPV) ng Department of Health para maiwasan ang pagkalat ng polio sa bansa.  Read more »

Ilang magulang sa Davao City, ayaw pabakunahan ang mga anak laban sa polio

Andoreena Causon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 10:44 PM

"Itong bata hindi ko papabakunahan dahil may nagbabantay na sa kaniya. Hayaan na magkasakit. May Diyos. Ako ang gagamot sa kaniya," aniya. Read more »