Save The Future: 2019 Philippine childhood immunization schedule released
The past few months have been a nightmare of a health situation in the country. The measles outbreak in some regions of the country, leaving more than 70 people dead (most are children), is partly blamed over an outrage over dengvaxia that eroded public confidence in the government immunisation programmes. According to the Department of Health, less than 5,000 people across the country have contracted the highly contagious disease and this is quite alarming. As health government officials contain this deadly measles outbreak, they are urging the public to trust the governments free basic immunisations. The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) together with the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV) is united in their stand to regain public trust during the PIDSP’s 26 th annual convention held last February 21, 2019. It also coincides with the launch of the “Save The Future” movement to restore the pu...