Philippines: 2019 Measles

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Source: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019...ases-over-1000

Western Visayas measles cases up by over 1,000%
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Gilbert Bayoran (The Philippine Star) - March 7, 2019 - 12:00am

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines ? The number of measles cases in Western Visayas increased by 1,773 percent in the past two months compared to the same period last year, according to the Department of Health (DOH) regional office.

Mary Jane Juanico, DOH-Region 6 child health program medical coordinator, said 918 cases were reported in January and February when there were only 49 reported last year.

Four deaths were reported, three of which were from Negros Occidental and one from Antique, the DOH added...

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Source: https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/03/17/ba...tinue-to-rise/

Baguio measles cases continue to rise
Published March 17, 2019, 7:44 PM

By Zaldy Comanda

BAGUIO CITY ? The cases of measles in the city continued to rise, prompting Mayor Mauricio Domogan to appeal to the public to get their measles shots, which are free...

...The City Epidemiology and Surveil?lance Unit (CESU) of the City Health Services Office (CHSO) said there were 170 measles cases from Jan. 1 to March 9, with no fatalities recorded.

CESU Head Dr. Donnabel Tubera said the figure represents a 4,150 percent jump from the four cases recorded for the same period last year.

A report on the status of the city?s mass immunization campaign showed a low turnout with only 9,443 children vaccinated from Feb. 18 to March 12 out of the target population of 34,450...

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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/201..._137913534.htm

Over 21,000 measles cases, 315 deaths reported in Philippines
Source: Xinhua| 2019-03-21 21:39:02|Editor: xuxin

MANILA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Measles cases in the Philippines continued to surge to 21,396 since the first case was recorded in January this year, and 315 have so far died from the viral disease, official data showed on Thursday.

The cases were recorded from Jan. 1 to March 14, according to the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) Epidemiology Bureau.

The DOH said the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon (Calabarzon) recorded the highest number of measles cases and death, with 4,401 and 87, respectively.

This was followed by the National Capital Region (NCR) with 4,266 cases and 85 deaths...

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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/philipp...-14-april-2019

...Current Situation

Between 1 January and 5 April 2019, 28,362 measles cases including 389 deaths were officially reported through the routine surveillance system from the DOH, with a Case Fatality rate of 1,37% (see Table 1).
With a median age of 3 years old, 53% of measles cases are under 5 years of age. 53% of measles cases are male.
With a median age of 1 year old, 84% of all deaths are chil-dren under the age of 5, 61% of measles deaths are male. Most deaths are reported from Region III, IV-A, VIII and NCR.
As of 5 April 2019, 90% of cases have no documented vac-cination status. DoH data shows that 3% of cases had been previously vaccinated with 2 doses of measles vaccine. The vaccination status of the remainder of cases is unknown.

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Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/1400-new...-of-ph/540305/

1,400 new measles cases recorded as DoH keeps outbreak status in parts of PH
By The Manila Times
April 14, 2019

MORE than 1,400 new measles cases were validated over the past two weeks, the Department of Health (DoH) said, as it kept the outbreak status in some regions.

Latest data from the epidemiology bureau showed that there was a total of 1,406 measles cases recorded from March 31 to April 5, 2019.

Health Undersecretary Rolando Domingo previously said that there must be no new cases for about six consecutive weeks in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Central and Western Visayas before the DoH could say that the epidemic was under control.

The latest figure brings the total number of measles cases to 28,362 cases with 389 deaths since January 1. This is higher than the 6,053 with 53 deaths reported in the same period in 2018.

Metro Manila has the highest number with 5,749 cases with 104 deaths. Calabarzon recorded the most number of deaths at 107 out of 5,450 cases...

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Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2...e-exceed-30000

Measles cases nationwide exceed 30,000
Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) - April 29, 2019 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines ? Measles cases nationwide rose to over 30,000 in the first quarter of the year, the Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday.

The latest DOH disease surveillance report showed a total of 31,056 measles cases were recorded nationwide from January to April 13.

The DOH said recorded measles incidence is higher by 6,641 from the cases posted during the same period last year.

Mortality due to measles this year, DOH noted, also went up to 415, which is higher by 50 from last year?s figure.

The National Capital Region accounted for the biggest number of cases with 6,075 including 106 deaths.

Region 4A or Calabarzon posted the second highest number of cases with 6,010 including 111 deaths followed by Region 3 (Central Luzon) with 5,091 and 73 deaths...

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Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsan...sles-outbreaks


The Philippines Is Fighting One Of The World's Worst Measles Outbreaks
May 23, 20196:12 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition

The measles outbreak got so bad in Manila, Philippines, that San Lazaro Hospital had to set up tents in the parking lot, the courtyard and even the landing at the top of the stairs outside the pediatric ward to house patients.

"This ward would only accommodate 50 patients," says Dr. Ferdinand de Guzman, the head of family medicine at the hospital. "But at the height of the outbreak, [there were] 300 patients per ward."

He says that at one point in February, there were three patients per bed in some measles wards at his hospital. They were being treated for the complications that the disease can bring.

"We had to limit admissions for other diseases and just admit measles cases," he says...

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Source: https://ptvnews.ph/1700-jump-in-meas...ted-in-negocc/


1,700% jump in measles cases reported in NegOcc
June 25, 2019
By Nanette Guadalquiver/Philippine News Agency

BACOLOD CITY — Measles cases in Negros Occidental increased by 1,695 percent from Jan. 1 to June 15 this year compared to the reported cases during the same period in 2018, latest surveillance report of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed.

Since the start of 2019, a total of 772 cases were reported in the province, higher by 729 compared to only 43 cases last year.

The report also showed five deaths, including two in Escalante City and one each in the cities of Bago, Sagay, and Talisay...

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Source: https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/06/25/do...l-rises-to-20/


DOH Caraga continues battles vs measles as death toll rises to 20
Published June 25, 2019, 4:38 PM
By Mike Crismundo

BUTUAN CITY ? Health workers from the Department of Health Center for Health Development (DOH CHD) Caraga, together with their local government unit (LGU) counterparts, continued to battle measles disease as the death toll from the infectious disease rose to 20.

In the latest update from the Center for Health Development (CHD) here on Tuesday, a total of 1,206 cases of measles have been reported from different disease reporting units in the region from January 1 to June 22 of this year.

?This is 506 percent higher compared to the reported cases last year,? the regional office of the DOH 13 said.

With this number of cases, the CHD Caraga has mobilized nurses hired under contract of service to augment the local health staff in advocacy and vaccination activities...

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Source: https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1023722
DOH records increase of measles cases in Caraga

By Jennifer P. Gaitano Published on June 26, 2019

BUTUAN CITY, June 25 (PIA) - More than 1,200 cases of measles have been recorded in the Caraga region. This is based on the latest data released by the Department of Health (DOH) Caraga.

From January 1 to June 22, 2019, cases of measles have already reached to 506 percent higher than 199 percent of the same period last year.

According to DOH Caraga regional director Dr. Jose Llacuna Jr., the department continues to combat against said disease by providing vaccines and intensifying advocacy campaign particularly in areas which have the high number of measles...

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Source: https://www.panaynews.net/772-measle...as-of-june-15/


772 measles cases in NegOcc as of June 15
By Panay News -
Sunday, June 30, 2019

BACOLOD City ? The Provincial Health Office in Negros Occidental has recorded a total of 772 measles cases since the beginning of 2019.

The latest PHO surveillance report showed a 1,695-percent increase from Jan. 1 to June 15 this year, 43 cases higher than 729 in the same period last year.

The report also showed that there were five deaths due to measles ? two in Escalante City and one each in the cities of Bago, Sagay and Talisay.

Fifty-seven percent of the 772 cases involved unvaccinated patients, most of whom were one- to four-year-olds, the report added.

Out of the 31 towns and cities in Negros Occidental, San Carlos City posted the highest number with 93 measles cases...

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Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/115786...sles-cases-who

PH 3rd highest in number of measles cases ? WHO
By: Jovic Yee - Reporter
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:28 AM August 27, 2019

MANILA, Philippines ? Fake news about vaccines, along with the Dengvaxia controversy, has taken a heavy toll on babies and toddlers in the country as measles cases have tripled and the number of deaths from the preventable disease has quadrupled over the past seven months, according to health authorities.

Records from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that some 80 percent of the deaths due to measles in the Philippines in the first half of the year were children aged 1 to 4 and infants below 9 months.

Among the regions, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon provinces) had the highest incidence as of July 13 with 7,213 cases, or a 1,000-percent increase from just 632 cases in the same period last year. It also recorded the biggest number of fatalities ? 123, or an increase of close to 2,000 percent from just six in 2018.

Other regions that reported high incidence of measles were Metro Manila (6,969 cases and 114 deaths), Central Luzon (6,350 cases and 115 deaths), Western Visayas (2,379 cases and eight deaths) and Northern Mindanao (2,118 cases and 16 deaths).

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippines ranked third worldwide with the highest incidence of measles over a 12-month period up to June this year with 45,847 cases. Madagascar was first with more than 150,000 cases and Ukraine, second with more than 84,300 cases...

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Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/121175...sles-in-caraga

DOH to intensify immunization vs measles in Caraga
By: Erwin M. Mascari?as
Inquirer Mindanao / 09:07 PM January 11, 2020

BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) in the Caraga Region targets an intensified program of immunization in 2020 to reverse the high incidence of measles affectation and deaths recorded in 2019.

According to the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU), a total of 1,939 measles cases were reported in the region in 2019, a 472-percent jump from only 339 cases in 2018.

Of the 1,939 cases, 35 resulted in deaths. In 2018, measles deaths were only three...

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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/philipp...032-30-january

Philippines: Measles Outbreak - Operation Update Report DREF n? MDRPH032 (30 January 2020)
Report from International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
Published on 30 Jan 2020 — View Original

Description of the disaster

On 7 February 2019, the DOH declared the first outbreaks of measles in five Regions (Region NCR, and Central Luzon Regions III, IV-A, VI, VII). Since then, the number of regions with outbreaks has increased to 17.

Based on the DOH’s Measles and Rubella Surveillance Report – for the reporting period 1 January to 22 November 2019 –, there have been 43,214 measles cases reported, with 570 deaths. For the same period last year, there were 17,630 cases and 162 deaths. In the whole year of 2018, there were 21,812 measles cases reported with 202 deaths. The median age of people dying is one year old and the case fatality rate is at an average of 1.3 per cent...