The Department of Health will start the campaigns against rota virus by vaccinating infants from National Household Targeting System (NHTS) families who will be born from April 2012 to April 2013, said DOH Secretary Enrique Ona in the recent 13th Asian Conference on Diarrheal Disease and Nutrition here.
Some 700,000 newborns from the 5.2 million families identified as "poorest of the poor" by the Department of Social Welfare and Development under its NHTS will be initially benefited of rota virus vaccination.
P600 million has been allotted for the procurement of the vaccines, said Ona.
Rota virus is the virus that causes severe diarrhea and vomitting among children below five years old. It is the second leading leader under-five Filipino children, accounting for 3,500 deaths annually.
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P600 million has been allotted for the procurement of the vaccines, said Ona.
Rota virus is the virus that causes severe diarrhea and vomitting among children below five years old. It is the second leading leader under-five Filipino children, accounting for 3,500 deaths annually.
