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Philippines: 2024 Measles

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Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/19239...ged-1481-measles-rubella-cases-as-of-march-16

DOH says BARMM logged 1,481 measles-rubella cases as of March 16
By: Zacarian Sarao - Reporter
INQUIRER.net / 10:48 AM March 29, 2024


MANILA, Philippines—The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) reported 1,481 measles-rubella cases as of March 16, the highest number in the country this month, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday.

The number of infections in BARMM is more than half of the 2,661 total measles-rubella cases logged nationwide since January, the health agency added...

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Source: https://tribune.net.ph/2024/04/17/doh-logs-1627-cases-of-measles-rubella

DOH logs 1,627 cases of measles-rubella
Gabriela Baron
Published on:
Apr 17, 2024, 04:45

The Department of Health (DOH) has logged 1,627 cases of measles-rubella in the country, with four deaths recorded.

Children under ten years old are the most at risk for MR, making up 82 percent of the total cases.

Most are below five years old.

Close to half of the cases (787, 48%) are from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), where a nonselective Measles Outbreak Response Immunization (MORI) is now in the second week of its intensive phase.

Almost 850,000 (849,728) children in BARMM have been vaccinated for this MORI as of 14 April.

The top three BARMM provinces with the highest percentage of the target population vaccinated are Maguindanao del Norte (88.5 percent); Sulu (79.2 percent); and Maguindanao del Sur (72.2 percent).

Only 2.3 percent of those offered vaccines either deferred or refused...
 
Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/04/24/news/national/measles-cases-up-january-to-april-doh/1942999


Measles cases up January to April – DoH
By Aric John Sy Cua
April 24, 2024

​CASES of measles have increased to nearly 2,000 in the first four months of 2024, an official of the Department of Health (DoH) said Tuesday.

Speaking at the government's Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing, DoH spokesman Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo said 1,817 measles cases were reported nationwide from January 1 to April 13 this year.​..
 
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