DOJ: Indictment over Dengvaxia not meant to fuel fear vs vaccines

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:13:05 +0000

The decision to indict former and current officials of the Department of Health (DOH) in connection to the purchase of Dengvaxia vaccines must not be used to stoke fear against government’s vaccination program.

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Garin: Indictment of DOH officials may affect public perception of immunization program

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:52:25 +0000

The DOJ decision to indict executives involved in the Dengvaxia mess may harm the government’s vaccination program.

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Ex-DOH chief: Dengvaxia program only got ‘politicized’ in Philippines

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:44:04 +0000

Former Health Secretary Janette Garin on Friday said the Dengvaxia immunization program was only politicized in the Philippines.

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DOJ indicts ex-DOH chief Garin, et al. for Dengvaxia ‘mess’

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 07:05:07 +0000

DOJ indicts ex-DOH chief Garin, et al. for Dengvaxia 'mess'

The DOJ indicted former Health Secretary Janette Garin and several others for reckless imprudence resulting to homicide for the deaths of schoolchildren linked to the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine.

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Aquino: Politics messed up Dengvaxia issue

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 06:27:48 +0000

Aquino: Politics messed up Dengvaxia issue

Reelectionist Senator Bam Aquino: Former President Aquino “is responsible” for bringing anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia into the country but…

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Measles cases keep rising

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:56:26 +0000

Measles cases keep rising

The government campaign to ratchet up measles vaccination may have a lot of catching up to do as the number of measles cases in two regions in the Visayas and one in Mindanao continued to spike.

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3 more Dengvaxia death complaints filed

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:29:25 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) on Thursday filed three more complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against former and current health officials in connection with the death of more three more minors who received shots of the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.

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Do not politicize Dengvaxia — Gordon

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 07:40:08 +0000

Senator Richard Gordon said on Sunday that the public should not “politicize” the Dengvaxia issue amid calls of resignation against Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Acosta.

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PAO team rallies behind chief, says ‘Acosta’s conscience is clear’

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 09:42:33 +0000

Lawyers from the Public Attorney’s Office on Wednesday insisted that PAO chief Persida Acosta’s “conscience is clear.”

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