Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:51:03 +0000
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday issued an Islamic ruling or “fatwa” on immunization across the autonomous region.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:24:50 +0000
The number of measles cases reported nationwide has climbed to 16,349 with 261 people dying after contracting the disease, as of March 2, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:24:50 +0000
The number of measles cases reported nationwide has climbed to 16,349 with 261 people dying after contracting the disease, as of March 2, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 02:51:34 +0000
Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño ordered barangay chairpersons to lead the vaccination campaign amid the rising number of measles cases.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:08:33 +0000
In less than two months, 215 people have died due to measles as more than 13,000 have contracted the airborne disease, the DOH said Friday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:06:15 +0000
Makati Mayor Abby Binay has ordered the Makati Health Department to expand the city’s measles vaccination drive to include children in Kinder to Grade 6.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:56:26 +0000
The government campaign to ratchet up measles vaccination may have a lot of catching up to do as the number of measles cases in two regions in the Visayas and one in Mindanao continued to spike.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:14:11 +0000
As the measles death toll reached 136 since Jan. 1, the Anakalusugan party-list group challenged the Department of Health (DOH) to account for how it spent its P7.43-billion budget for its immunization program in 2018.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 08:27:08 +0000
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday said mothers should take advantage of the new law extending maternity leave to have their kids vaccinated.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:09:14 +0000
A party-list group told the DOH to account for the P7.43-billion budget for immunization in 2018 in light of the measles outbreak.
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