The importance of effective risk communication and transparency: lessons from the dengue vaccine controversy in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Mendoza, Ronald U, Dayrit, Manuel M, Valenzuela, Sheena
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Dengue vaccine; Dengvaxia; Risk communication; Crisis of confidence; Vaccine controversy; Epidemiology; Health Policy; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Public Health
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/110; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41271-020-00232-3
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In 2016 the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) introduced a novel dengue vaccine in a mass immunization program to reduce the substantial economic and social burden of the disease on households and the government. The vaccine manufacturer’s announcement regarding new findings on the small but inc...