Nearly 280,000 children were reached by the month-long immunization campaign in Eastern Visayas as health authorities worked against measles and rubella.
The DSWD provided financial assistance to 114 residents with chronic ailments to help them manage expenses related to their continuing healthcare and treatment needs.
Health insurance access for persons with disabilities is being simplified through automatic PhilHealth coverage for individuals listed in the centralized registry.
Dengue prevention efforts are moving closer to communities through a health caravan designed to strengthen local response against the mosquito-borne disease.
Child protection against vaccine-preventable diseases is being strengthened as three Ilocos Norte LGUs report high measles-rubella vaccination coverage.
Measles-rubella protection is being expanded to more than 25,000 children as Baguio health authorities intensify supplemental immunization activities across the city.
More than 93,000 children have received measles-rubella vaccines since Aug. 10 as health teams expand immunization efforts across the Negros Island Region.