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Gin-“pressure” sia sang Kongreso agud i-expand ang kontrobersiyal nga dengue immunization program sa pihak sang mga “safety questions” diri, siling ni anay Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial kahapon.
“During the budget hearing, there was a lot of pressure from Congress to expand it to other parts of the country that have high burden for dengue, in particular Region 7,” siling ni Ubial tion sang joint hearing sang Senate Blue Ribbon and Health & Demography Committees.
“One of the representatives that asked me to buy more dengue vaccines and put it in the 2018 budget is no other than Oscar Garin Jr.,” dugang ni Ubial. “He badgered me and asked me to commit to expand the vaccination program in Region 7.”
Nahibaluan nga antes gin-appoint si Ubial ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte bilang health chief sang Hulyo 2016, kapin 489,000 na ka kabataan ang nabakunahan sang Dengvaxia vaccine sa idalom sang termino sang ginbuslan ni Ubial nga si anay Health Secretary Janet Garin.
“I immediately released a memorandum to halt the administration of the vaccine in Region 3 and NCR (National Capital Region). I was very vocal as assistant secretary that I was opposing the introduction of the dengue vaccine to a large portion of the population,” siling pa niya.
Sunu sa iya nga indi niya gusto pasangkaron ang coverage sang dengue immunization program bangod sa “safety questions” sa bakuna.
“I wanted to stick with the decision of the first expert panel to give second doses only to those who received the first dose. After which, we will stop all immunization, look at the pilot case, look at the data and decide on how to move the program forward,” sunu pa diri.
Pero nagbaylo ang pinsar ni Ubial matapos ginduso sang mga kongresista ang pag-expand sang programa tion sang budget deliberations sang 2016.
“I was pushed, ‘Why can’t you have a second opinion?'” siling ni Ubial.
Pahayag man sang anay health secretary nakigsapol sia sa second expert panel antes namati sa panawagan sang Kongreso nga bakunahan sang Dengvaxia ang mas madamo pa nga kabataan.
“The recommendation of the second expert panel was to expand to other areas with high dengue burden,” hambal sini.
Sa idalom sang expanded dengue program, 280,000 ka kabataan gikan sa Central Visayas ang nabakunahan sang Dengvaxia.
Sa pihak nga bahin, ginpanginwala sang asawa ni Garin Jr. nga si anay Health Secretary Janette Loreto-Garin ang alegasyon ni Ubial.
Siling niya may mga dokumento nga nagapakita nga wala gin-pressure si Ubial nga mag-expand sang dengue vaccine program.
“The documents speak for itself. Hindi ‘yan pressure. Hindi ‘yan pinilit. No one pressured her to include Dengvaxia in 2018 budget,” siling ni Garin. “Wala din kaming kinalaman sa Commission on Appointments. My husband is not a member of it.”
Sang nagligad nga bulan, ang Dengvaxia nagtuga sang health scare sa Pilipinas matapos gin-aku sang Sanofi nga ang bakuna mahimu magresulta sa “more cases of severe disease” sa mga bata nga wala nakaagi dengue.
Kasunod sini, ang Department of Health sa idalom subong ni Secretary Francisco Duque III nagsuspendir sa dengue vaccine program kag ginbawi sa merkado ang tanan nga Dengvaxia units. (abs-cbn.com)/PB
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