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In the Philippines, the Dengvaxia controversy has contributed to overall vaccine hesitancy because of heightened concerns about vaccine safety. While concerns about vaccine safety are usually irrational, in the case of Dengvaxia there was a basis in evidence. [2] Many parents of children who died blamed the vaccine. [54]
The Philippines is considering re-introducing a dengue vaccine whose use it halted because of links to the deaths of several children, as authorities battle to contain a dengue outbreak that has ...
The 2017 dengue vaccine controversy in the Philippines involved a vaccination program run by the Philippines Department of Health (DOH). [26] The DOH vaccinated schoolchildren with Sanofi Pasteur's CYD-TDV (Dengvaxia) dengue vaccine. Some of the children who received the vaccine had never been infected by the dengue virus before.
That led to the vaccine being banned in the Philippines, and Sanofi and Filipino public health officials were accused of malfeasance in proceeding with an unproven vaccination program. In 2018, Halstead served as an expert witness, testifying in person at Philippines Senate hearings on what became known as the Dengvaxia controversy. [21]
UNICEF and the WHO has also attributed increase vaccine hesitancy in 2018 due to the Dengue vaccine controversy as a factor contributing to the outbreak. [5] Statistical data from UNICEF, however, shows that decline in Measles vaccination began as early as 2014, four years before the Dengvaxia controversy happened. [12]
In January 2018, Uson lashed out at critics over an award for government service that she had received from the University of Santo Tomas Alumni Association, [82] stating that the controversy was being used to cover up issues over Dengvaxia in the Philippines, former Senator Franklin Drilon's receiving of funds from Janet Lim-Napoles, and the ...
President Trump shocked critics after inviting controversial leader Rodrigo Duterte to the White House, labeled a 'murderer' for an aggressive war on drugs.
September 1 – The Quezon City Regional Trial Court releases its August 20 decision dismissing criminal cases against Iloilo representative and former Health Secretary Janette Garin and her co-respondents in relation to the Dengvaxia controversy, citing insufficient evidence.