Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:11:09 +0000
The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has declared a “code white” alert in Region 7 after measles cases went up to 145 with two deaths this year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 02:46:18 +0000
In just more than a month, over 4,000 people have contracted measles with 70 people reported deaths because of the disease.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:34:11 +0000
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Department of Health (DOH) bagged the biggest increases on top of their proposed budgets among government agencies
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:36:39 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday pushed for mandatory immunization of children in the wake of a measles outbreak
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:33:50 +0000
Despite the measles outbreak in Metro Manila and other regions, Malacañang said it is not keen on employing mandatory vaccination for infants
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 06:58:04 +0000
In the wake of measles plagues in different parts of the country, Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on PAO chief Persida Acosta to resign.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:32:30 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) declared measles outbreaks in four more regions—Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Western and Eastern Visayas
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 09:38:48 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — An outbreak of measles can be traced to the “failure of the health system,” a representative of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 09:10:43 +0000
The Dengvaxia mess triggered the measles outbreak in Metro Manila and in other regions, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Thursday.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:14:05 +0000
Senator Nancy Binay urged the DOH to beef up its efforts in combating “what threatens to be a full-blown epidemic if left unchecked.”
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