Former health secretary Janette Garin and other DOH officials are accused of 'conspiring and confederating with one another, and acting in evident bad faith,' causing the realignment of government funds for the Dengvaxia vaccine
Former health secretary Janette Garin and other DOH officials are accused of 'conspiring and confederating with one another, and acting in evident bad faith," causing the realignment of government funds for the Dengvaxia vaccine
MANILA, Philippines – Former health secretary and now Iloilo 1st District Representative Janette Garin and other ex-Department of Health officials are now facing charges filed by the Office of the Ombudsman in relation to the purchase of the Dengvaxia dengue vaccine. In a document filed before the Sandiganbayan on Tuesday, October 24, the Office of the Ombudsman said Garin and four other officials violated section 3 ofThe government fund in question amounts to P3.57 billion used for the procurement of the Dengvaxia vaccine, manufactured by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi , and the eventual implementation of the school-based immunization program under the administration of former president Benigno Aquino III.
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