Philippines: 2019 Measles

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Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...ing-one-of-the-worlds-worst-measles-outbreaks


The Philippines Is Fighting One Of The World's Worst Measles Outbreaks
May 23, 20196:12 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition

The measles outbreak got so bad in Manila, Philippines, that San Lazaro Hospital had to set up tents in the parking lot, the courtyard and even the landing at the top of the stairs outside the pediatric ward to house patients.

"This ward would only accommodate 50 patients," says Dr. Ferdinand de Guzman, the head of family medicine at the hospital. "But at the height of the outbreak, [there were] 300 patients per ward."

He says that at one point in February, there were three patients per bed in some measles wards at his hospital. They were being treated for the complications that the disease can bring.

"We had to limit admissions for other diseases and just admit measles cases," he says...

 

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Source: https://ptvnews.ph/1700-jump-in-meas...ted-in-negocc/


1,700% jump in measles cases reported in NegOcc
June 25, 2019
By Nanette Guadalquiver/Philippine News Agency

BACOLOD CITY — Measles cases in Negros Occidental increased by 1,695 percent from Jan. 1 to June 15 this year compared to the reported cases during the same period in 2018, latest surveillance report of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed.

Since the start of 2019, a total of 772 cases were reported in the province, higher by 729 compared to only 43 cases last year.

The report also showed five deaths, including two in Escalante City and one each in the cities of Bago, Sagay, and Talisay...

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Source: https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/06/25/doh-caraga-continues-battles-vs-measles-as-death-toll-rises-to-20/


DOH Caraga continues battles vs measles as death toll rises to 20
Published June 25, 2019, 4:38 PM
By Mike Crismundo

BUTUAN CITY ? Health workers from the Department of Health Center for Health Development (DOH CHD) Caraga, together with their local government unit (LGU) counterparts, continued to battle measles disease as the death toll from the infectious disease rose to 20.

In the latest update from the Center for Health Development (CHD) here on Tuesday, a total of 1,206 cases of measles have been reported from different disease reporting units in the region from January 1 to June 22 of this year.

?This is 506 percent higher compared to the reported cases last year,? the regional office of the DOH 13 said.

With this number of cases, the CHD Caraga has mobilized nurses hired under contract of service to augment the local health staff in advocacy and vaccination activities...

 

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Source: https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1023722
DOH records increase of measles cases in Caraga

By Jennifer P. Gaitano Published on June 26, 2019

BUTUAN CITY, June 25 (PIA) - More than 1,200 cases of measles have been recorded in the Caraga region. This is based on the latest data released by the Department of Health (DOH) Caraga.

From January 1 to June 22, 2019, cases of measles have already reached to 506 percent higher than 199 percent of the same period last year.

According to DOH Caraga regional director Dr. Jose Llacuna Jr., the department continues to combat against said disease by providing vaccines and intensifying advocacy campaign particularly in areas which have the high number of measles...

 

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Source: https://www.panaynews.net/772-measles-cases-in-negocc-as-of-june-15/


772 measles cases in NegOcc as of June 15
By Panay News -
Sunday, June 30, 2019

BACOLOD City ? The Provincial Health Office in Negros Occidental has recorded a total of 772 measles cases since the beginning of 2019.

The latest PHO surveillance report showed a 1,695-percent increase from Jan. 1 to June 15 this year, 43 cases higher than 729 in the same period last year.

The report also showed that there were five deaths due to measles ? two in Escalante City and one each in the cities of Bago, Sagay and Talisay.

Fifty-seven percent of the 772 cases involved unvaccinated patients, most of whom were one- to four-year-olds, the report added.

Out of the 31 towns and cities in Negros Occidental, San Carlos City posted the highest number with 93 measles cases...

 

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Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1157867/ph-3rd-highest-in-number-of-measles-cases-who

PH 3rd highest in number of measles cases ? WHO
By: Jovic Yee - Reporter
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:28 AM August 27, 2019

MANILA, Philippines ? Fake news about vaccines, along with the Dengvaxia controversy, has taken a heavy toll on babies and toddlers in the country as measles cases have tripled and the number of deaths from the preventable disease has quadrupled over the past seven months, according to health authorities.

Records from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that some 80 percent of the deaths due to measles in the Philippines in the first half of the year were children aged 1 to 4 and infants below 9 months.

Among the regions, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon provinces) had the highest incidence as of July 13 with 7,213 cases, or a 1,000-percent increase from just 632 cases in the same period last year. It also recorded the biggest number of fatalities ? 123, or an increase of close to 2,000 percent from just six in 2018.

Other regions that reported high incidence of measles were Metro Manila (6,969 cases and 114 deaths), Central Luzon (6,350 cases and 115 deaths), Western Visayas (2,379 cases and eight deaths) and Northern Mindanao (2,118 cases and 16 deaths).

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippines ranked third worldwide with the highest incidence of measles over a 12-month period up to June this year with 45,847 cases. Madagascar was first with more than 150,000 cases and Ukraine, second with more than 84,300 cases...

 

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Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1211758/doh-to-intensify-immunization-vs-measles-in-caraga

DOH to intensify immunization vs measles in Caraga
By: Erwin M. Mascari?as
Inquirer Mindanao / 09:07 PM January 11, 2020

BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) in the Caraga Region targets an intensified program of immunization in 2020 to reverse the high incidence of measles affectation and deaths recorded in 2019.

According to the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU), a total of 1,939 measles cases were reported in the region in 2019, a 472-percent jump from only 339 cases in 2018.

Of the 1,939 cases, 35 resulted in deaths. In 2018, measles deaths were only three...

 

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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/philip...tion-update-report-dref-n-mdrph032-30-january

Philippines: Measles Outbreak - Operation Update Report DREF n? MDRPH032 (30 January 2020)
Report from International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
Published on 30 Jan 2020 — View Original

Description of the disaster

On 7 February 2019, the DOH declared the first outbreaks of measles in five Regions (Region NCR, and Central Luzon Regions III, IV-A, VI, VII). Since then, the number of regions with outbreaks has increased to 17.

Based on the DOH’s Measles and Rubella Surveillance Report – for the reporting period 1 January to 22 November 2019 –, there have been 43,214 measles cases reported, with 570 deaths. For the same period last year, there were 17,630 cases and 162 deaths. In the whole year of 2018, there were 21,812 measles cases reported with 202 deaths. The median age of people dying is one year old and the case fatality rate is at an average of 1.3 per cent...