It seems the time is ripe for revamping immunization program in Philippines; otherwise, measles would go on killing up to 6,000 children, annually. This claim by the World Health Organization pulls out a serious issue.
In the year bygone, measles has played havoc with thousands of lives in Philippines repeatedly raising questions over its immunization program. However, it won’t be wrong to say that measles has proved scourge not only for Philippines but for many countries as well. And this is despite the fact that measles is a vaccine-preventable disease, which is still known for being one of the major reasons behind deaths, especially in the developing nations.
Keeping in view the current measles situation in Philippines, WHO’s decision not to declare it a measles-free country unless it’s each village vaccinates at least 95 percent of its children, sounds good. This decision would indeed create some sort of pressure over Philippines health officials to reach this target, which would one way of the other help achieve it the target of measles–free Philippines.
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