Dengue vaccine update: 150,000 Filipino children vaccinated to date

The Philippines is the first and only country to begin vaccinating children for dengue fever with the recently approved vaccine, Dengvaxia. On April 4, 2016, the Department of Health (DOH) started the administration of dengue vaccines to Grade 4 pupils aged 9 years old and above in Regions III, IV-A, and National Capital Region (NCR). The ["]