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House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Caletano

appealed bo national leaders Sunday to stop r ,Sbe asked the De-
trading blame over the measles outbreak and
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focus on restoring olFilipino mothers' txust in (DOID and other con.
tlle goverunent's vaccination program. cerned government
The principal author and sponsor of the agencies to initiate an
Mandalory hfants and Children ImmunLa- effective information
tion Act or Rbpublic Act 10152 cited the urgent campaign io educate
need to end the "general feeling of disirust' mothers and families
among parents towards the government's ofthe benefits ofvacci-
mandatory irnmunization program. nating their children.
"Right now the most important message She said the Fili-
- the only message - that we need to be hear- pinos' betier access
ing from everyone is to assue the mothers. .to inlormation could
Kumbinsihin ang mga nanay na magpaba- help end the vaccine
kuna ng mga ana\" Cayetano said over the scale.
weekend in a media hterview in La Tlinidad, "Bakit natin iri-
Benguet. risk 'yulg buhay ng
"As we are talking, habang nagtutu!'uan mga babies dahil sa
tayo, habang nagdedebate tayo, namamatay mislhformation or
ang mga bab)1" she said. lack of lmowledge?
She said the mothers should be git€n Nananawagan talaga
the "sense of confidence" that their children ako, hindi lang sa mga
should be raccinated. nanay, kundi sa buone
Citing a study made by the Vaccine Confi- komunidad... Supori
dence Project at the London School of Ttopical tahan natin ang mga
Medicine and Hygiene, Cayetano noied that nanay para mabalik
in 2018, only 20 percent of Filipinos agreed to a.Irg kumpyansa sa
fte safety and effectiveness of vaccines. sig- immunization," Cay-
nificanfly lower than the 80 percent recorded etano said-
in 2015.
''Ibig sabihin. four in five mothers takot?
Mahirap'.yun. We have io rebuild the trust... P4ge- t1 'l
because so many ilJaesses na hindi na natin
nae-experience ay may danger na bumalit"
she said.