NOW: DOH relaunches it’s school based immunization program which aims to vaccinate all public school students from Grade 1 to 7
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LOOK: Health Secretary Francisco Duque administers vaccines to grade school students of Signal Village Elementary School in Taguig
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DOH’s school based immunization program aims to vaccinate all public school students from Grades 1 to 7 with Measles, Rubella vaccine, Tetanus diphtheria vaccine. Grade 4 female students will also ge there the Human Papillomavirus or anti-cervical cancer vaccine.
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DOH targets to vaccinate some 9 million children by the end of September 2019
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Duque: Let us be very clear about the public health extreme importance of vaccination - this is a corner stone of universal health care
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Duque says the measles outbreak earlier declared in February has not yet been lifted. DOH still needs to reach target herd immunity of 95%
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Duque: We still need to aggressively pursue our national immunization program because the grade schoolers only at 12 %
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Duque: But remember the bulk of the measles cases is on account of the first cohort 6 to 59 months old - yun yung ating na-prioritize. Vaccination coverage rate for this group is at 98% as of June 15
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Duque announces the DOH is also set to ban the use of e-cigarettes in public places. Designated vaping areas will implemented under the same guidelines as designated smoking areas, based on EO 26
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