DR. JULINDA Acosta, chief of the City Health Office (CHO)-Technical Division, reported that the City Government of Davao has vaccinated approximately 500 infants aged zero to 23 months with their first dose of Pneumococcal Vaccine (PCV) from April 24 to 27, 2024.
AN OFFICIAL from the City Health Office (CHO) has expressed the need to double the current budget of P500,000 for factor concentrates in response to the growing demand from Hemophilia patients in Davao City.
AN OFFICIAL from the City Health Office (CHO) said that the Davao del Sur will give around 950 vials of Pentavalent vaccine to Davao City through the Department of Health-Davao Region (DOH-Davao).
FOLLOWING the recorded cases of pertussis or whooping cough in the region, the Department of Health-Davao Region (DOH-Davao) revealed that there are around 60,000 Penta vaccines that have been fairly distributed in the different local government units (LGUs) in the region.