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Read more about the article Measles kills 25 – City Health Office
Davao City Health Office Outbreak Response Immunization (CHO-ORI) focal person Dr. Julinda Acosta on Thursday's (April 5, 2018) I-Speak media briefing at the Davao City Hall calls on parents to have their children vaccinated to protect them from measles. The CHO has recorded 25 measles-related deaths. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Measles kills 25 – City Health Office

The City Health Office has recorded 25 death cases due to measles as of November 2017 to April 2018.

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Read more about the article Health workers fight vaccine scare amid measles outbreak
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Health workers fight vaccine scare amid measles outbreak

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Health officials here urged parents to submit their children to the government’s measles immunization program following an outbreak of the said viral disease. Josephine Villafuerte, the…

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Read more about the article Officials alarmed over increasing cases of measles in Davao City
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Officials alarmed over increasing cases of measles in Davao City

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Davao City Health Office is conducting an outbreak response immunization (ORI) ?activity ?in ?several barangays ?here ?contain a possible measles outbreak. The move came after…

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