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Abra lone district Rep. JB Bernos called on his fellow lawmakers to provide funds for subsidizing the newly-approved African swine fever vaccine to help small farmers ensure their livelihood’s viability. “I hope that we grant the Department of Agriculture’s request for funding in the proposed budget for 2027 to subsidize ASF vaccination for backyard pig […]
Amid an alarming increase of anti-vaccine sentiment in the country, the president of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines called on his fellow local leaders to “actively engage our communities” to combat the threat of misinformation being circulated especially online. “We need to actively engage our communities and convince them of the benefits of immunization, and […]
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and Quirino Governor Dax Cua called on his fellow leaders to “push harder” to convince their constituents to have their children vaccinated against measles and rubella (MR). This, as the Department of Health reported that over 5,000 cases of MR have been recorded over the past […]
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has instructed the Bureau of Animal Industry to expand its controlled testing of the African Swine Fever vaccine to additional areas in Luzon, as well as regions designated as red zones in the Visayas and Mindanao. The BAI initiated the first round of vaccinations on healthy pigs in Lobo, […]
To address the current African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak that has severely hit the local hog industry, Senator Cynthia Villar demanded an immediate vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, recently conducted a public hearing on ASF based on Senate Resolution No. 565 filed […]
Following the decline in cases of Pertussis (Tagalog: Tusperina or Ubong Dalahit) observed starting last May to June, the Department of Health (DOH) reported that 500,000 doses of DPT-Hep B-HiB or Pentavalent vaccine arrived and are now in cold storage. Paperwork is being finalized prior to their distribution to government health centers nationwide. “President Marcos […]
National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the scheduled local rollout in two months’ time of the Vietnamese vaccine found effective against the African swine fever (ASF), as he reiterated his proposal for the Department of Agriculture (DA) to give the anti-ASF shots for free to the swine population of small or backyard […]
Amid the celebration of World Immunization Week, AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray T. Reyes believes the Philippines’ vaccination program needs urgent review and said he finds it “unacceptable” that the country faces outbreaks of measles and pertussis. “It is unacceptable that news of measles and pertussis outbreaks come amid our celebration of World Immunization Week. We […]
In addition to its wide-scale measles vaccination efforts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Dick Gordon directed the intensification of community-wide vaccination education in Mindanao. “Parents’ hesitancy towards childhood immunization is a health threat to our communities and one of the factors that prevent Filipino […]
Senator Bong Go has strongly advocated for parents to be informed and support government efforts in vaccinating their children against pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, as well as other diseases. During an interview after attending the Malasakit sa Kooperatiba event in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, Go highlighted the critical nature of timely immunization facilitated by […]