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A TOTAL of 1.3 million children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao are being targeted for the mass measles immunization drive to be conducted by the Department of Health and the BARMM Ministry of Health in April. In a joint statement, the DOH and the MOH said the mass measles immunization drive will be held from April 1 to 12 amid the alarming surge in measles cases in the Bangsamoro.
The health department said over one million doses of measles vaccines are readily available to be used in the immunization drive. They are set to be given free measles shots to children aged six months to 10 years old in the Bangsamoro. 'Some 95 percent of the children must be vaccinated with two doses of measles vaccine at nine and 12 months,' said Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa. 'There is a critical need to reach and vaccinate the children missed during routine vaccinations.
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