{"id":262143,"date":"2026-01-20T16:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wonderful-indigo-elk.62-72-47-242.cpanel.site\/doh-upbeat-on-higher-measles-vaccine-turnout-in-northern-mindanao\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:14:44","slug":"doh-upbeat-on-higher-measles-vaccine-turnout-in-northern-mindanao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/?p=262143","title":{"rendered":"DOH Upbeat On Higher Measles Vaccine Turnout In Northern Mindanao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Health (DOH) 10 (Northern Mindanao) is optimistic it will surpass its measles-rubella vaccination target for the region.<\/p>\n<p>The DOH launched the Measles-Rubella Immunization Activity (MR-SIA) in Mindanao from Jan. 19 to Feb. 13, aiming to vaccinate 90 to 95 percent of children aged 6 to 59 months.<\/p>\n<p>During the launch in this city on Monday, DOH-10 Director Dr. Sulpicio Henry M. Legaspi Jr. said the agency is intensifying its campaign on MR-SIA because children&#8217;s health and development are top priorities in its implementation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are conducting these activities because we want children to be protected. It ensures our future generation is away from illnesses,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>DOH-10 said the region had 411 measles cases in 2025, an 11 percent increase from 371 cases in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In Mindanao alone, the DOH is reportedly planning to vaccinate nearly 3 million children against the disease. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising vaccine uptake signals stronger public health awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":262144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19578],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":{"nxtgen_comments":[{"7111":"hindi nila kaya mag decide\r","7112":"sana tuloy tuloy hanggang feb\r"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/262144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}