We recognize the efforts of the DOH and partners to bring renewed energy to accelerate catch up and prevent future outbreaks. “All children have a right to a bright and healthy future. UNICEF’s flagship publication, the State of the World’s Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination, also revealed the sharp decline in public perception in the Philippines of the importance of vaccines for children, decreasing by 25 percent and registering one of the steepest declines from 55 countries studied.
From January 1 to March 18, 2023, the DOH has already recorded 225 cases, a 369 percent increase from the same period last year. This ranks the Philippines second (2nd) to the highest number of children with zero doses in East Asia and the Pacific Region, and fourth (4th) in the world. In observation of World Immunization Week (WIW) this April 2023, the Department of Health (DOH), together with developmental partners United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO), today launched Chikiting Ligtas 2023: Join the Big Catch Up, Magpabakuna para sa Healthy Pilipinas!, a nationwide supplemental immunization campaign, to vaccinate children against measles, rubella, and polio.Īccording to UNICEF, around 67 million children globally missed out entirely or partially on routine immunization between 20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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