DAVAO City – The Davao City Health Office is now intensifying its efforts to explain the need for measles vaccination as many are still reluctant to avail of immunization due to the Dengvaxia issue.
Curtis C. Lazarraga of the City Health Office said the agency “is having a hard time” in reaching out to communities as many are still doubtful of the safety of undergoing vaccination.
“It is still very hard to convince the public that vaccination is needed especially for children because they are still afraid that it may cause them harm,” said Lazarraga.
Lazarraga added that out of the 90 percent total target population, only 30-40 percent were vaccinated in 2018. He said this is still a conservative estimate.
It was in February 2016 when Health Secretary Janette Garin hosted the nationwide launch of Dengvaxia and April on the same year, the government started the school-based dengue immunization program that gave three doses of vaccines to 830,000 students every six months after the Philippines approved the sale of Sanofi Pasteur’s Dengvaxia vaccine. (davaotoday.com)
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