MANILA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the emergency use authorization for China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for children, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said on Monday. Duque said the government would soon administer the Sinovac COVID-19 ...
pneumoniae vaccine for use in adults and neonates (section 4). Table 2. Overview of potential target and key population(s) and associated delivery strategy(ies). Target and key population(s)Delivery strategy(ies) Pregnant women to protect the fetus and young infant Children, adolescents and ...
VACCINATION of childrenVACCINE safetyHESITATIONVACCINESSOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factorsObjective: The study aimed to determine the factors that influence vaccine hesitancy among parents and caregivers of children 2 years old and younger in selected urban communities in Manila, Philippines. M...
Rotavirus (RV) is an important cause of diarrheal disease particularly in children aged under 5 years. Monovalent RV vaccine (RVV) was selectively introduced in 2012 in the Philippines and in July 2014 was introduced in the public health program of a province. Two RVV doses are recommended at...
The global study will enroll 2,000 participants in South Africa and 12,000 others will be taking part in Kenya, the Philippines, Chile and Malaysia. The first children in South Africa were inoculated at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in the capital Pretoria to kick off the ...
2019 alone, there were 1,802 cases of measles in Philippines, 13,760 in Ukraine, 290 in Israel, and 797 in Thailand. [76][130][131][132] UNICEF reported that, globally, 453,000 children die from rotavirus, 476,000 die from pneumococcus (the bacterium that causes pneumonia, meningitis,...
The Philippines is investigating if the deaths of 14 children had any link to a dengue vaccine whose use the government has suspended due to health concerns, officials said Friday. The country stopped the sale and distribution of Dengvaxia last month after Sanofi, the French manufacturer, warned ...
In 1989 theReston ebolavirusdiscovery in the Philippines’ monkeys revealed that Ebola was no longer confined to Africa and Asia. It confirmed that the virus spread throughout the monkey population through droplets in the air (aerosolized transmission); such airborne transmission is not proven to be...
Fears over a dengue vaccine in the Philippines have led to a big drop in immunisation rates for preventable diseases, officials have warned. Health Under-Secretary Enrique Domingo said many parents were refusing to get their children vaccinated for polio, chicken pox and tetanus. The fears centre...
Rotavirus (RV) is an important cause of diarrheal disease particularly in children aged under 5 years. Monovalent RV vaccine (RVV) was selectively introduced in 2012 in the Philippines and in July 2014 was introduced in the public health program of a province. Two RVV doses are recommended at...