DOH rolls out vaccination programs delayed by pandemic

Children show their vaccination cards after getting inoculated against COVID-19 at the Marikina Sports Center on April 21, 2022.

The STAR / Walter Bollozos

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health has started its annual routine and catch-up immunization activities that are meant to reach at least one million children who have missed or have yet to receive life-saving vaccines.

DOH, in partnership with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, launched “Chikiting Bakunation Days” on World Immunization Week 2022.

Jabs against polio, measles, hepatitis B, pneumonia, and other vaccine-preventable diseases will be administered during the drive, which will run every last week of the months of April, May and June.

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