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Tag: Polio

Back to basics

"This measure is regarded as one of the best preventive measures against the polio virus."   The resurgence of polio has underlined the importance of achieving...

Basilan kid 8th polio victim–DOH

The Health department said Monday a nine-year old child was the eighth polio case in the Philippines after the samples sent to the Research...

Maintain clean, hygienic living, Villar urges public

Saying that the reemergence of polio was due to poor sanitation, Senator  Cynthia Villar said there is now an urgency to maintain a clean...

3 more polio cases confirmed–DOH

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Maguindanao girl 3rd polio case

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday reported the third confirmed polio case in the country"•a four-year-old girl from Datu Piang in Maguindanao. He said...

DOH sets mass vaccination to prevent spread of polio

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Lanao Sur opened to mass anti-polio vaccination

Marawi City—Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Bombit Adiong Jr. has opened the province to mass anti-polio vaccination, as health authorities have set immunization of...

Outbreaks of diseases under control–Palace

The Palace on Thursday said the public health situation is in hand despite the recent outbreaks of polio, dengue and measles and the death...

Haze, hazing

"Hazing has been outlawed but is still being done on the sly."     Two major events were the subject headlines of last week’s newspapers. The first...

Acosta evades blame on polio

Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Acosta took a swipe at “trolls” blaming her for the polio outbreak recently declared by the Department of Health. READ: PH...

Mistrust, fear in government immunization led to return of polio, other diseases

Mistrust and fear of immunization—triggered by the Dengvaxia scare in 2017—has allowed old diseases such as measles and polio to reemerge, Health Secretary Francisco...

Rescued

Pictured are Candida Ramas (right), 88, and her daughter Rodora, 49, who suffers from polio and cerebral palsy, in their shanty house in Davao...
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