Tag: immunization program

PUBLIC’S TRUST IN VACCINATION NOW RESTORED – GORDON

Post author By Yna Sipelimo
Post date March 12, 2019
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Senator Dick Gordon lauded the efforts of both the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Red Cross to close the immunization gap, amid the vaccination scare caused by the controversial anti-dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia. Gordon, also chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, said the health department is gaining ground to regain the public’s trust in […]

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NO NEED TO DECLARE STATE OF CALAMITY IN REGIONS HIT BY MEASLES OUTBREAK – GORDON

Post author By Yna Sipelimo
Post date February 18, 2019
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Senator Dick Gordon, has shot down a proposal to place regions hit by the measles outbreak under a state of calamity in the wake of 70 deaths from the deadly disease, with majority of the fatalities coming from the CALABARZON (Cavite Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) regions. During the NDRRMC Response Cluster meeting recently, Gordon […]

Tags doh, immunization program, measles, Senator Gordon, state of calamity