Poe: Use Dengvaxia refund to treat kids

Inquirer.net 01/22/2018

P3.5B can be used as a standby fund for treatment of immunized children SENATOR Grace Poe on Monday backed her colleague’s call that Sanofi Pasteur fully refund the P3.5 billion cost of defective Dengvaxia vaccines, saying it…

19 became sick of dengue after getting Dengvaxia shot – DOH

Futch Anthony Inso, Jessa Mae Sotto 12/27/2017

  The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has already identified 19 children who were given the anti-dengue vaccine this year and became sick with dengue. Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH-7 director, said 18 of the children…

Aquino insults the intelligence of the Filipinos on Dengvaxia

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 12/21/2017

With P3.5 billion pesos in government funds wasted and with 830,000 children’s lives in danger because of a failed dengue immunization program, it is a great insult to the intelligence of the Filipino people if no one…

DOH-7 starts pull out of Dengvaxia vaccine in Cebu

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/13/2017

At least 23 percent of the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia in Cebu have been pulled out by the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7). Bernadine Hayag, health education and information officer of DOH-7, said that as of…

Dengvaxia pull-out from LGUs starts Asap

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Morexette B. Erram 12/11/2017

DEPARTMENT of Health Central Visayas (DOH-7) Regional Director Dr. Jaime Bernadas has ordered the immediate recall of all Dengvaxia vials that were given to local government units (LGUs) in Cebu. “Ang order is ‘Asap.’ Ongoing na. I-pull…

Daanbantayan Submits List of Dengvaxia Recipients

Morexette B. Erram 12/11/2017

While the Provincial Board (PB) has yet to create a resolution compelling mayors to submit the list of Dengvaxia recipients in their towns or cities, Daanbantayan Mayor Vicente Loot visited the Capitol today and submitted a list…

The Dengvaxia debacle

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 12/07/2017

One of the key points in the Dengvaxia debacle/fiasco that should be looked into here is that it’s not the vaccine — which is said to have a 90 percent efficacy against dengue that is defective, it’s…

Child given Dengvaxia hospitalized for dengue

Futch Anthony Inso 12/06/2017

A ten year-old-boy who was given the Dengvaxia vaccine was rushed to the Talisay District Hospital for dengue early dawn yesterday. The Department of Health in the region, however, said this is not a cause for panic…

Dengvaxia versus preventive organic measures

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/04/2017

Before the pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur developed Dengvaxia in 1997, conversations about the outbreak of dengue fever in the Philippines revolved only around organic approaches to combat the virus. Dengue is a viral infection transmitted by the…

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