DOH sends off vaccination teams for ‘Chikiting Ligtas’ drive in May

SAFE KIDS. With cases of polio, measles and rubella back in the DOH charts, the government shuffles in to mobilize and spread its vaccination teams to get to every kid from newborn to 59 months or below five years old free vaccines as they are the most vulnerable group against these three vaccine-preventable diseases.

Visayas enforces children’s right to vaccination as shield against infectious diseases

In the Visayas region, Bohol joins other provincial and local governments across the Philippines in enforcing the basic health care right of every child to vaccination as it kicked off the Department of Health’s (DOH) “Back to BakUNA, Una sa Lahat Bakuna” School-Based Immunization (SBI) Program at the Carmen Cultural Center, Municipality of Carmen, Bohol.