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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Parents lined up from sunrise holding sleeping infants as the Philippines launched a campaign on Monday to vaccinate millions of children against polio, which has re-emerged nearly two decades after the nation’s last cases. Years of falling vaccination rates, made worse by the botched rollout of a dengue vaccine, culminated in an outbreak of the preventable disease in September. “This is for the welfare of my child,” Ruth Miranda told […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health has confirmed a second case of polio in the country in 19 years. In a press release, the DOH said the case this time involves a five-year-old boy from Laguna. The DOH said the boy, who experienced the onset of paralysis on Aug. 25, tested positive for the polio virus after samples were sent to the Japan National Institute for Infectious Diseases. Although the boy has been discharged from the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Thursday, Sept. 19, declared polio was “re-emerging” 19 years after the country was declared polio-free by the World Health Organization. This was after the agency confirmed a case in Lanao del Sur. In a statement, the DOH said the case involved a three-year-old, while another case was awaiting confirmation. “In addition, the polio virus has been detected in samples taken from sewage in Manila and waterways in Davao as […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – An outbreak of polio has been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, the World Health Organization and the government said, with the virus detected in a child 18 years after the Pacific nation was declared free of the disease. The WHO said there was one confirmed case — a six-year-old boy with lower limb weakness from Morobe province — with the disease detected in late April, and paralysis associated with the virus […]
President Aquino has launched the nationwide anti-measles and anti-polio campaign at the Department of Health building in Manila. President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday led the launch of the Ligtas sa Tigdas at Polio mass immunization campaign at the San Lazaro Compound in Manila, encouraging the public to participate in the program.Some 11 million to 13 million people in the country are at risk from measles, polio and rubella (German measles), he said, asking […]
President Aquino leads the mass immunization campaign against measles and polio.
By Kate Kelland LONDON Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:09pm EDT (Reuters) – Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crippling disease, scientists said on Friday. British and Indian researchers said the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which is given by injection, could provide better and longer lasting protection if given alongside the more commonly used live […]
