Prevent Liver Cancer Through Hepatitis Vaccine

[Guest guest]

" Prevent Liver Cancer Through Hepatitis Vaccine "

Philippine Daily Inquirer (www.philnews.com) (12/13/03); Salazar, Tessa R.

Liver cancer is one of the three top deadly cancers in the Philippines,

despite the availability of a hepatitis B vaccine that can stop it. The

Philippine Department of Health's Expanded Program on Immunization requires

infants to get vaccinated against polio, measles, tetanus, and diphtheria,

but the hepatitis B vaccine is given only if supplies are available. By

law, children under the age of eight and infants must be vaccinated against

hepatitis B, and the health department was able to purchase 26 million

Philippine pesos worth of hepatitis B vaccine this year for 60 percent of

the target population.

[Guest guest]

" Prevent Liver Cancer Through Hepatitis Vaccine "

Philippine Daily Inquirer (www.philnews.com) (12/13/03); Salazar, Tessa R.

Liver cancer is one of the three top deadly cancers in the Philippines,

despite the availability of a hepatitis B vaccine that can stop it. The

Philippine Department of Health's Expanded Program on Immunization requires

infants to get vaccinated against polio, measles, tetanus, and diphtheria,

but the hepatitis B vaccine is given only if supplies are available. By

law, children under the age of eight and infants must be vaccinated against

hepatitis B, and the health department was able to purchase 26 million

Philippine pesos worth of hepatitis B vaccine this year for 60 percent of

the target population.