Tag: polio
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As polio returns, Pia presses intensified info drive on vaccination
Senator Pia S. Cayetano is strongly urging health officials to step up their efforts in convincing Filipino mothers to have their kids vaccinated, following the health department’s declaration of a polio epidemic in the country. The principal author and sponsor of the Mandatory Infants and Children Immunization Act (RA 10152), Cayetano expressed alarm that the…
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Speech on falling polio vaccination rates
Privilege speech by Senator Pia S. Cayetano Thank you, Mr President. I just decided on my way here to deliver this privilege speech as I was reading the news. It caught my attention that the Department of Health (DOH) has issued a warning to all of us that we are in danger of losing our…