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;