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DOH to hold polio vaccination drive in Metro Manila

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 04:17 PM

The Department of Health will hold a 2-week long vaccination drive in the Philippine capital, its chief said Friday after Metro Manila confirmed its first case of the disease. Read more »

More than 400,000 kids in Basilan, Sulu area to get additional polio vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 09:55 PM

More than 400,000 children in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi will receive additional protection from polio. Read more »

TIPS: Doktora may paalala sa mga nagbabalak magpabakuna vs polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 10:26 PM

Ayon kay Dr. Corazon Flores ng Metro Manila Center for Health Development, may mga dapat alalahanin bago magpabakuna kontra polio.    Read more »

DOH taps fast food chain to reach more children in anti-polio drive

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 06:35 PM

Children may soon get vaccinated against the polio virus in select branches of popular fast food chain McDonald's, the Department of Health said on Thursday. Read more »

Polio vaccination requirement for Pinoy travelers ‘not a cause of concern’: Duque

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 11:36 PM

The rising number of countries requiring polio vaccination certificates from some Filipino travelers should “not be a cause of concern,” Health Sec. Francisco Duque III said Tuesday. Read more »

5-hour long process? How Filipino travelers can get polio vaccine certificate

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 08:31 PM

Michael Sherwin Evangelista, a medical officer at the BOQ, said ICVs are only issued at the BOQ office in Manila and the bureau’s regional offices, such as in Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, and Zamboanga City, among others. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Oras ng pagbibigay ng bakuna vs polio balak palawigin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 07:38 PM

Bunsod ng mababang vaccine coverage ng polio sa Maynila noong Agosto, binabalak ng Department of Health na dagdagan ang oras at araw ng pagbibigay nila ng bakuna laban sa sakit. Read more »

DOH magsasagawa ng 3 round ng sabayang patak kontra polio sa Mindanao

Claire Cornelio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 12:26 AM

Naghahanda na ang Department of Health sa tulong ng UNICEF at World Health Organization sa gaganapin na sabayang patak kontra polio sa Mindanao bilang agarang aksyon sa polio outbreak. Read more »

PH risks polio problem as parents skip child vaccines: WHO

Karen Lema, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 07:37 PM

The Philippines risks having more cases of polio unless it sharply steps up its vaccinations of children under 5 years of age, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Read more »

Publiko hinikayat na tangkilikin ang libreng bakuna vs polio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 07:36 PM

Hinimok ng Department of Health ang publiko na pabakunahan ang mga anak laban sa polio. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 20, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 12:07 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

As vaccine debate rages, polio reemerges

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 08:09 PM

The resurgence of the polio virus, eradicated in the Philippines nearly 2 decades ago, has put the spotlight on the raging battle against a lingering anti-vaccine sentiment, which is also blamed for the outbreak of measles and dengue earlier this year. Read more »

Disinformation, takot sa Dengvaxia sinisi sa pagbabalik ng polio

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 20 11:25 PM

Ang kontrobersiya sa bakunang Dengvaxia ang isa sa mga itinuturong dahilan kung bakit mababa ang coverage ng oral polio vaccine sa bansa, dahilan para manumbalik ang sakit na polio matapos ang halos 2 dekada. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga dapat malaman tungkol sa polio

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 20 05:41 PM

Matapos ang halos dalawang dekadang pagiging polio-free, naitala na muli sa Pilipinas ang isang kaso ng polio. Read more »

Going back to being polio-free

Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 20 03:01 PM

Health officials announced earlier that the Philippines has confirmed polio cases in some regions, after 19 years of being polio-free. Read more »