Early last week we raised the issue on the late advice of the representatives of the City Health Office (CHO) for the administration of the second dose of the anti-cervical cancer vaccine to young girls with ages 13 years or less. The second dose of the vaccine was undertaken in Barangay Talandang in Tugbok district last February 22. The original schedule, however, was sometime early in November last year. The reason given for the postponement of the November schedule was that the CHO teams assigned in Tugbok district including the one assigned to administer the vaccine in Talandang, were busy attending to a reported measles outbreak in one of the villages in Tugbok proper. We assume that the setting of February 22, 2019 as the new schedule could be the result of the complaints of some parents that they were already at a loss whether their young girls will still be given the second dose as at that time there were no words from the CHO.
