3/ 🧵 Secretary Garin was not just concerned with the physical effects of Dengue on the children, but also with the emotional, psychological, social and mental effects of the disease to the children, their families, the different communities. Ultimately, she was worried about the effects of Dengue on the quality of life of the Filipinos.
Having complied with the technical procedures necessary for the implementation of the Dengvaxia, the first ever licensed vaccine for Dengue, she was confident that a mass vaccination was the perfect solution. So, in December of 2015, then President Simeon Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino closed a deal with Sanofi, a pharmaceutical company, for Philippines’ purchase of DENGVAXIA.