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PROGRAMS
Department of Health
The Department of Health is the executive department
of the government of the Philippines responsible for
ensuring access to basic public health services by all
Filipinos through the provision of quality health care,
the regulation of all health services and products
Vision Health for all Filipinos
4. Eradicate Poliomyelitis
Death or cataracts
• Convulsions.
• Irritability.
• Lethargy.
• Poor feeding -- baby refuses to eat formula
containing milk.
• Poor weight gain.
• Yellow skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice)
• Vomiting.
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
Deficiency
-a hereditary condition in which red
blood cells break down when the
body is exposed to certain drugs ,
foods, severe stress or severe
infection
*Severe Anemia; Kernicterus
• paleness (in darker-skinned kids, paleness is
sometimes best seen in the mouth, especially on the
lips or tongue)
• extreme tiredness or dizziness.
• fast heartbeat.
• fast breathing or shortness of breath.
• jaundice (the skin and eyes look yellow)
• an enlarged spleen.
REMINDERS TO
PARENTS
• G6PD deficiency is the
most common
condition among the
ENBS Panel of
Disorders. Napthalene
or moth ball, and some
drugs including herbal
medicine should be
avoided by people with
G6PD deficiency
• While waiting for the ENBS
result, parents are advised
not to expose their baby to
moth ball. More so, all
medications that will be given
to the baby must be
prescribed by a doctor. If the
ENBS result is G6PD
deficient, consult the baby’s
doctor and proceed with the
confirmatory test. Refer the
result to your p hysician.
NATIONAL
IMMUNIZATION
PROGRAM
Let us define terms……
• VACCINE
-a substance used to stimulate the
production of antibodies and provide
immunity against one or several diseases,
prepared from the causative agent of a
disease, its products, or a synthetic
substitute, treated to act as an antigen
without inducing the disease.
• VACCINE
• Must
cause a strong and measurable
immune response
• At birth
• 0.05 ml
• Intradermal
• Upper right arm
Hepa B Vaccine
• At birth
• 0.5 ml
• Intramuscular
• Outer mid-thigh
Pentavalent Vaccine (DPT-Hep B-
Hib)
•6 weeks, 10 weeks, 14
weeks
• 0.5 ml
• Intramuscular
• Outer right upper thigh
Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)
• 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 14
weeks
• 2 drops
• Oral
• mouth
• Rotavirus Vaccine
-6weeks, 10 weeks
-oral
-mouth
Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV)
• 14 weeks
• 0.5 ml
• Intramuscular
• Outer left upper thigh
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)
• Sounds are played to the baby's ears after
electrodes are placed on the baby's head to
detect responses. This screening measures how
the hearing nerve responds to sounds and can
identify babies who have a hearing loss
VACCINES
1. BCG vaccine
BCG vaccine protects against tuberculosis in
infants.
RECOMMENDATION REMARKS
At birth
6 weeks of age
10 weeks of age
14 weeks of age.
Four doses are given, each of two drops.
If a child has diarrhoea, give OPV as usual but
administer an extra dose, i.e., a fifth dose, at
least four weeks after he or she has received
the last dose in the schedule.
★ OPV is dropped in the mouth with the dropper
that comes with the vaccine.
Dose 2 drops
diphtheria toxoid
pertussis vaccine
tetanus toxoid
If DPT vaccine stands for a long time it
separates from the liquid and looks like fine
sand at the bottom of the vial. Shaking the vial
mixes the vaccine and liquid again.
● DPT vaccine should be stored at a
temperature between 0° C and +8° C.
6 weeks
10 weeks
14 weeks
DPT boosters:
Many countries recommend a booster dose of
DPT vaccine at the age of 12 to 24 months.
ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION:
They include:
NUMBR OF DOSES 3
RECOMMENDATIONS
Number of doses 3
RECOMMENDATIONS
Number of doses 1
RECOMMENDATIONS
Number of doses 5
RECOMMENDATIONS
Number of doses 3