FDA, nipasidaan batok sa paggamit sa bakuna batok sa Japanese encephalitis

CEBU - Nipasidaan ang Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) sa publiko batok sa pagpalit pinaagi online o sa social media sa bakuna batok sa nauso karong Japanese encephalitis (JE) nga makuha gikan sa pinaakan sa lamok.

Ang JE usa ka vector borne disease nga makuha sa pinaakan sa insekto sama sa lamok. Pipila sa mga sintomas niini mao ang pagsakit sa ulo, hilanat, pagsuka ug lisod sa paglihok.

Base sa gipagawas nga advisory sa FDA, giingong nakadawat ang ilang buhatan og mga taho nga may mga JE vaccine ug uban pang matang sa bakuna nga ginabaligya online sama sa social media ug website ug mga dili awtorisadong distributors ug retailers.

Matud pa sa FDA nga dili makasiguro ang publiko kun pasado sa standard o peke ang maong mga bakuna nga gihanyag sa mga social media sites. “Consumers availing from these unauthorized distributors or retailers are at risk of buying vaccines of poor quality, compromised by non-compliance to the required standards of FDA, or worse, at risk of buying counterfeit products,” pasidaan sa FDA.

Kalabot niini, gi-awhag ni Department of Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo ang publiko nga sa mga botika o pharmacy lamang angay mopalit og bakuna ug kinahanglang adunay prescription usab gikan sa mga doktor. Giingong mas maayo usab kun sa doktor mismo magpabakuna. SIQUIJOR - Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar vows to help promote and strengthen government communications in Siquijor province during his recent visit here for the launching of the Provincial Communication Officers Network (PCO Net).

Andanar led the launch in Siquijor town together with other PCOO officials - Usec. Marvin Gatpayat and Asec. Ana Maria Banaag, and Provincial Vice-governor Mei Ling Quezon and the municipal mayors and vice mayors and the Siquijor Association of Information Disseminators (SAID).

PCO Net is a network of city, provincial, and municipal public information officers throughout the country. Andanar said PCO Net is part of the administration’s institutional reforms to strengthen communication and message delivery from Malacañang down to the grassroots level.

Hinged on the existing organizations of information officers and communicators organized by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in the provinces, it is envisioned to become a key communication arm of the government that will have direct access to the Office of the President through the PCOO.

Andanar said the PCOO will tap the information officers to help deliver “clear and right” information from the national government down to the municipalities, barangays, and puroks. Reiterating the vital role of information officers nationwide, the PCOO chief commended the SAID members organized by the provincial office of the PIA.

“By strengthening the network of information officers in the province, it would be easier for Malacañang to cascade programs and policy updates and other vital information,” Andanar said.

He also assured that PCOO will look into getting a franchise from the Philippine Broadcasting Service for the establishment of a local radio station in the province and eventually set up a local television network for Siquijor Island. With the local radio and TV networks in place, Andanar said the province’s promotion of local tourism and economy, best practices, and other key information will be delivered more effectively in the local communities.