A Crisis of Confidence: The Case of Dengvaxia in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Mendoza, Ronald U, Valenzuela, Sheena, Dayrit, Manuel M
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: dengvaxia; dengue vaccine; vaccine confidence; vaccine controversy; Health Policy; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/176; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3519736
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

At the time of publishing this case, a “health crisis of confidence” was gripping the Dengvaxia (dengue vaccine) immunization program in the Philippines. The series of events that led to this could be traced back at least to late 2017, when some government officials under the then newly installed Du...