A municipal health worker (right) applying drops of a polio vaccine to child at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. Health experts say an explosion of vaccination-related misinformation has undermined confidence in all types of immunisations. — AFP
MANILA: Online misinformation is leaching out from cheap mobile phones and free Facebook plans used by millions in the Philippines, convincing many to reject vaccinations for polio and other deadly diseases.
Childhood immunisation rates have plummeted in the country – from 87% in 2014 to 68% – resulting in a measles epidemic and the reemergence of polio last year.
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A municipal health worker (right) applying drops of a polio vaccine to child at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. Health experts say an explosion of vaccination-related misinformation has undermined confidence in all types of immunisations. — AFP
A municipal health worker (left) applying drops of a polio vaccine to child at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. — AFP
Children browsing on a phone near their house as health officials conduct a polio vaccine campaign in the area, at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. — AFP
Municipal health workers conducting a house to house polio vaccine campaign at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. — AFP
A municipal health worker (left) applying drops of a polio vaccine to children at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. — AFP
A teenage girl browsing her phone while holding a sibling’s child as health officials conduct a polio vaccine campaign in the area, at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. — AFP
A municipal health worker marking the door of a house during a polio vaccine campaign at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. — AFP
A municipal health worker (left) applying drops of a polio vaccine to a child at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. — AFP
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