School-based nationwide vaccination na ‘Bakuna Eskwela’, muling umarangkada; pagbabakuna, hindi mandatory ayon kay DOH Sec. Herbosa

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00:00Today, the DepEd and Department of Health's Bacuna Eskwela Program was inaugurated.

00:05Its target is to vaccinate the 3.8 million students and protect them against vaccine-preventable diseases.

00:14Benji Durango was at the center of the news.

00:19It's time to vaccinate again.

00:21After being suspended for several years due to the pandemic,

00:23the Bacuna Eskwela Program was reopened for the grade schoolers.

00:26The DOH and DepEd worked in tandem to vaccinate the 3.8 million students from grades 1 to 7 across the country.

00:34It started with Dr. Albert Elementary School in Manila.

00:37Its target is to reduce the number of children who are sick.

00:40So even if their children cry,

00:43their children are approved to be vaccinated against measles, rubella, diphtheria, and tetanus.

00:50According to the DOH, from January to December this year,

00:53the list of cervical cancer cases is at its peak,

00:56where 8,000 cases have been diagnosed and more than half are dying.

01:01This is followed by tigdans and rubella,

01:04where 11 are dying from more than 3,000 cases.

01:0825 are at home from more than 200 cases of diphtheria,

01:12while more than half are at home from 81 cases of tetanus.

01:16This is not forced, according to the DOH,

01:18but they will take time to explain to the parents

01:22what is good for the children.

01:24Asek Galvan's aunt died of cervical cancer,

01:29so his mother vaccinated his child.

01:32So a child who was vaccinated is a very good recipient.

01:36Sir, is this voluntary?

01:38Yes, this is voluntary.

01:39Sir, there are parents who are not vaccinated. What is the reason?

01:43We are convincing them.

01:45The good thing about school-based vaccines is that we know the children who are not vaccinated.

01:49So over the next two months, there is a schedule.

01:52We can go and talk to them and we can convince them.

01:56Our teams are returning to talk to them about why they are not vaccinated.

02:00There are different reasons. Most are afraid of the side effects.

02:03Because of the recent issues regarding vaccines,

02:06less than 40% or four out of every ten parents

02:10have agreed to vaccinate their children.

02:12We are already in the 90s. 90% are willing to get vaccinated.

02:15But because of what happened in Dengvaxia,

02:17it dropped to the 40s.

02:19Now, we are not yet recovering from this.

02:21Mami Karen was HPV vaccinated for her daughter, Briana.

02:24She is vaccinated because there is a history of cervical cancer in the family.

02:28So when they found out that there is a free vaccine in the school,

02:30they immediately went to get vaccinated.

02:32It is a big help that I asked others what their opinion is.

02:37All the questions I asked were positive.

02:39The DOH and DepEd were sure that the vaccine is enough

02:43and that they will finish it within two months.

02:45The vaccine is life-saving.

02:48If you are not vaccinated, you are clearly infected.

02:51What can happen to a child is really far away.

02:55In extreme cases, a child can die if there is no vaccine.

02:59It is expected that this will be done in other schools

03:01across the country in the coming days.

03:04Benji Durango for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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