Expanded Program on Immunization (Philippines): Difference between revisions

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{{Short description|Childhood immunization schedule}}

The '''Expanded Program on Immunization''' '''(EPI)''' in the [[Philippines]] began in 1976<ref>{{cite web |title=Expanded Program on Immunization |url=https://doh.gov.ph/uhc/health-programs/expanded-program-on-immunization/#:~:text=The%20Expanded%20Program%20on%20Immunization,%2C%20tetanus%2C%20pertussis%20and%20measles. |website=[[Department of Health (Philippines)|Department of Health]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=bbbbbhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240221123202/https://doh.gov.ph/uhc/health-programs/expanded-program-on-immunization/ |archive-date=21 February 2024}}</ref> through Presidential Decree No. 996 signed by President [[Ferdinand Marcos]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential Decree No. 996, s. 1976 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/09/16/presidential-decree-no-996-s-1976/ |website=[[Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |date=September 16, 1976}}</ref> And, in 1986, made a response to the Universal Child Immunization goal. The four major strategies include:<ref>{{cite book | title = Public Health Nursing in the Philippines | publisher = National League of Philippine Government Nurses, Inc | year = 2007 | ___location = Manila, Philippines | page = 141 | isbn = 978-971-91593-2-2}}</ref>

# sustaining high routine Full Immunized Child (FIC) coverage of at least 90% in all provinces and cities;

# sustaining the polio-free country for global certification;

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| {{center|Intramuscular}}

| Upper outer portion of the thigh, Vastus Lateralis (R-L-R)

| An early start of Hepatitis B vaccine reduces the chance of being infected and becoming a carrier.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Effects of Universal Vaccination for Hepatitis B|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|date=2001-11-06|first=Y. H.|last=Ni |author2-link=Chang Mei-hwei |author2=M.H. Chang |author3=L.M. Huang |author4=H.L. Chen |author5=H.Y. Hsu |author6=T.Y. Chiu |author7=K.S. Tsai |author8=D.S. Chen|author8-link=Ding-Shinn Chen|volume=135|issue=9|pages=796–800|url=http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/summary/135/9/796|access-date=2007-05-12|pmid=11694104|doi=10.7326/0003-4819-135-9-200111060-00005|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref> <br /> Prevents liver cirrhosis and liver cancer which are more likely to develop if infected with Hepatitis B early in life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=75730 |title=A Look at Each Vaccine: Hepatitis B Vaccine |access-date=2007-05-11 |work=Vaccine Education Center |publisher=The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629183026/http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=75730 |archive-date=2007-06-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name='PMID9197213'>{{cite journal|title=Universal hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan and the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in children. Taiwan Childhood Hepatoma Study Group|journal=The New England Journal of Medicine|date=1997-06-26|first=MH|last=Chang |author2=C.J. Chen |author3=M.S. Lai |author4=H.M. Hsu |author5=T.C. Wu |author6=M.S. Kong |author7=D.C. Liang |author8=W.Y. Shau |author9=D.S. Chen|s2cid=35206561|volume=336|issue=26|pages=1855–1859|doi=10.1056/NEJM199706263362602|pmid=9197213|doi-access=free}}</ref> <br />About 9,000 died of complications of Hepatitis B. 10% of Filipinos have Hepatitis B infection<ref>{{cite news|first=Tessa R. |last=Salazar |title=Cancer Preventable Says US Doctor |date=2004-05-24 |url=http://liver.stanford.edu/files/040529manilla_times.pdf |work=The Philippine Daily Inquirer |access-date=2007-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221195427/http://liver.stanford.edu/files/040529manilla_times.pdf |archive-date=2007-02-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| [[Measles Vaccine]] <br />

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[[Category:Vaccination]]

[[Category:Healthcare in the Philippines]]

[[Category:Establishments by Philippine presidential decree]]