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To reduce the mortality and morbidity among children arising from common vaccine-preventable diseases, Republic Act No. 10152, Mandatory Infants and Children Health Immunization Act of 2011, was enacted.

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The law is in accordance with the constitutional mandate of the State to take a proactive role in the preventive health care of its people including infants and children.

Under the law, the mandatory basic immunization for all infants and children cover the following: Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis, Poliomyelitis; Measles; Mumps; Rubella or German measles; Hepatitis-B; H. Influenza type B (HIB); and such other types as may be determined by the Secretary of Health in a department circular.

These mandatory basic immunizations are given free in any government hospital or health center to infants and children under five-years-old.