The burden of congenital rubella syndrome in the Philippines: results from a retrospective assessment

• Main Authors: Anna Lena Lopez (Author), Peter Francis Raguindin (Author), Jose Jonas del Rosario (Author), Ramon Najarro (Author), Eleanor Du (Author), Josephine Aldaba (Author), Aida Salonga (Author), Andrea Kristina Monzon-Pajarillo (Author), Alvina Pauline Santiago (Author), Alan Ou (Author), Maria Joyce Ducusin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: In line with the regional aim of eliminating rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), phased introduction of rubella-containing vaccines (RCV) in the Philippines' routine immunization programme began in 2010. We estimated the burden of CRS in the country before widespread na...