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(Eagle News)~Former President Benigno Aquino III appeared at the Department of Justice’s preliminary inquiry into the Dengvaxia mess on Monday, June 4. Former Health Secretary Janette Garin and former Budget Secretary Butch Abad also made an appearance after they were required to subscribe to their affidavits. Also present were former and current officials of the DOH. The preliminary probe stems from the criminal charges filed by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption against the three […]
Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Naglunsad ang Department of Health ng Ligtas Tigdas program upang mabigyan ng proteksyon ang mga bata sa tigdas. Sa tala ng Epidemiology Bureau ng Department of Health (DOH), mula noong Enero 1 hanggang noong Abril 15 ngayong taon, pumalo na sa mahigit 5,000 kaso ng measles o tigdas ang narekord sa buong bansa. Sa naturang bilang, 905 ang kumpirmadong kaso habang labing lima ang namatay. Sa 15 nasawi, 13 […]
(Eagle News) – Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair Senator Richard Gordon said no less than former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III should be held responsible for allegedly hastening the procurement of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccines that were used on more than 800,000 children in a mass vaccination program during his administration. Gordon said Aquino, as well as his officials who were involved in the program — former Health Secretary Janet Garin and former Budget […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Health cannot share with the Public Attorney’s Office the masterlist of persons who had been vaccinated with Dengvaxia, according to the National Privacy Commission (NPC). The NPC said that disclosure of the masterlist of Dengvaxia vaccinees to PAO as requested by its chief Atty. Persida Acosta was against the law since PAO was not the legal counsel of these persons who had been given the said […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III attended the continuation of the hearings in Congress about the mass vaccination of Sanofi Pasteur’s Dengvaxia vaccine that was implemented during his administration. In the hearing on Monday, February 26, Aquino again defended his decision to use the anti-dengue vaccine during his administration saying this was done to save lives as there was an increasing number of dengue infections at the time. Aquino claimed that in 1995, […]
(Eagle News) — Seven Department of Health officials on Friday sued for libel a former health consultant who accused them of being part of a “mafia” allegedly engaged in corruption in the agency. Undersecretary Maria Carolina Vidal-Taiño, Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo, Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Financial and Management Service Director Laureano C. Cruz, Health Promotion and Communication Services Director Mar Wyn C. Bello and Assistant Secretary Nestor F. Santiago filed the complaint against Dr. Francisco Cruz before the Manila […]
Parents also cite other reasons for refusal to have their children vaccinated, health secretary says (Eagle News) — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Wednesday said the Dengvaxia scare has had an effect on the implementation of government vaccination programs in some areas. Duque said there were, however, other reasons put forward by parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated in a government program. He said some, for instance, cite religious reasons. Others, he […]
(Eagle News) – The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III today (Wednesday) February 7, hurdling opposition from former critics. Not one member of the powerful CA objected to Duque’s confirmation. Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan endorsed Duque’s confirmation before the plenary on Wednesday, assuring everyone that Duque has the capability and integrity to protect and ensure public health, especially with the current extreme concern caused by the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Before […]
(Eagle News) — The Public Attorneys Office and the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption on Monday filed cases against several individuals including former Health Secretary Janette Garin over the Dengvaxia mess. The administrative cases against Garin, Undersecretary Kenneth Hartigan-Go, among others were filed before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court. The P4-million civil case against those who spearheaded the dengue vaccination program and members of the board of directors and officials of Dengvaxia manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur and distributor Zuellig […]
An expert panel of doctors from the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital is investigating if the deaths of 14 children had any link to the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, officials said Friday. Dengue was blamed for only four of the 14 deaths being probed, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said, with lupus and meningococcemia named as the cause of the others. But now the panel of experts will verify those reports, health officials said. The […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – What was supposed to be a cure for dengue turned out to be a cause for alarm. The Department of Health (DOH) has suspended its first dengue immunization program following the announcement of Sanofi Pasteur, a French pharmaceutical company, on November 29, about the risks associated with their dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia. According to Sanofi, their six years of clinical data analysis revealed that Dengvaxia is not guaranteed to prevent dengue and […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Richard Gordon said former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III should also be investigated, and possibly even invited to the senate hearing probing the government’s unusually hasty procurement and implementation of the anti-dengue vaccination program, particularly the Dengvaxia vaccine which has not completed clinical trials. Gordon said that the P3.5 billion budget released for the Dengvaxia vaccination on more than 800,000 schoolchildren was also released with undue haste, or in just […]
