ICYMI: Former Health Secretary and now Iloilo 1st District Representative Janette Garin said the recent dengue outbreak in the country could have been prevented by the discontinued Dengvaxia vaccination drive. | PathRoxasINQ
Garin also dared Duque to display “political will” and allow the vaccination drive to continue.
“Private doctors and private patients who are willing to spend and save the lives of their children, and their families should be allowed to do so,” the lawmaker said. Dengvaxia, a vaccine manufactured by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur, was used in the mass anti-dengue vaccination program during the tail end of the administration of then President Benigno Aquino III in April 2016.
Garin was Health Secretary at that time. She was among those officials under the Aquino administration who faced charges in connection with the P3.5 billion Dengvaxia controversy.However, in November 2017, Sanofi released results of its long-term follow-up study which showed that Dengvaxia could cause an increased risk to those who are seronegative or not yet infected with dengue. The program was then ordered stopped by Duque.
Garin earlier called on the Department of Health to “listen to real experts” and “follow international guidelines and make essential medicines.” /muf
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