More than half of the vaccine-eligible children born during the Covid-19 pandemic—around 1.4 million children—have not had a single vaccine.
However, even before the pandemic, the Philippines was among the top 10 countries in the world that constituted a great number of under vaccinated or unvaccinated children.
“We want to replicate the success of the Covid-19 National Vaccination Drives [NVDs] for routine childhood vaccinations. This is to help improve immunization coverage among the pediatric population,” said Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III. WHO and UNICEF pledged to continue their support by providing resources in vaccine management, research, and planning at a regional and national level as a step in preventing outbreaks in countries with an alarming decline in vaccination coverage.
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