Bakuna Eskwela Program, muling umarangkada

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00:00The Bacuna Eskwela Program of the Health Department and DepEd has already started.

00:05Its target is to vaccinate more than 3 million students

00:09to lower the number of children who are sick.

00:13This is what Benji Durango reported.

00:17It's time to vaccinate again.

00:18After being suspended for a few years due to the pandemic,

00:21Bacuna Eskwela was reopened for grade schoolers.

00:24DOH and DepEd teamed up to vaccinate

00:273.8 million students from grades 1 to 7 across the country.

00:32It started at Dr. Albert Elementary School in Manila.

00:35Its target is to lower the number of children who are sick.

00:38So even if the number of children is increasing,

00:40it is approved for parents to vaccinate their children for free

00:44against tetanus, rubella, diphtheria, and tetanus.

00:47According to the DOH, from January to September this year,

00:51the list of cervical cancer cases is leading,

00:53where there are less than 8,000 diagnosed cases

00:57and more than half are dying.

00:59This is followed by tigdans and rubella,

01:01where 11 are dying from more than 3,000 cases.

01:0525 are at home from more than 200 cases of diphtheria,

01:09while more than half are at home from 81 cases of tetanus.

01:14This is not forced, said the DOH,

01:16but they will take time to explain to parents

01:19how best to vaccinate their children.

01:21Asek Galban's aunt died of cervical cancer.

01:27Her mother vaccinated her child.

01:30A child who was vaccinated is a very good recipient.

01:33Sir, is this voluntary?

01:35Yes, this is voluntary.

01:37Sir, there are parents who are not vaccinated.

01:39What is the reason?

01:41We are convincing them.

01:43The good thing about school-based vaccines

01:44is that we know the children who are not vaccinated.

01:47So over the next two months, there is a schedule.

01:50We can go and talk to them and we can convince them.

01:54Our teams come back to talk to them about why they are not vaccinated.

01:57There are many reasons.

01:58Most are afraid of the side effects.

02:01Because of the recent issues regarding vaccines,

02:0440% or 4 out of 10 parents

02:07have agreed to vaccinate their children.

02:09We are already in the 90s.

02:1090% are willing to get vaccinated.

02:13But because of what happened with Dengvaxia,

02:15the number dropped to 40.

02:16Now, we are not recovering from this.

02:18Mami Karen was HPV vaccinated for her daughter, Briana.

02:22She is in charge because there is a history of cervical cancer in the family.

02:25So when they found out that there is a free vaccine in the school,

02:28they immediately went for it.

02:29It's a big help that I asked others what their opinion is.

02:34Everything I asked was positive.

02:37The DOH and DepEd assured that the vaccine is enough

02:40and that they will finish it within two months.

02:43The vaccine is life-saving.

02:46If you don't get vaccinated,

02:47like what SecTed explained,

02:49it's really far from what can happen to a child.

02:52In extreme cases,

02:54a child can die if there is no vaccine.

02:56It is expected that this will be done in other schools

02:59across the country in the coming days.

03:01Benji Durango for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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