Facing the Senate Blue Ribbon and Health committees, Aquino defended his administration's controversial dengue vaccination program, which was launched in April 2016. "Before the government decided on Dengvaxia, while deciding, and even after deciding, no one came to me with objection to the vaccine," Aquino told the Senate panel. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1"We were told that Sanofi was ready for the vaccine," Aquino said. The Senate joint inquiry is looking into the possible irregularities in the implementation of the Aquino administration's P3.5-billion dengue vaccination program. In 2015, Aquino ordered the realignment of the vaccination fund from the budget to purchase three million doses of Dengvaxia from Sanofi Pasteur.

Source: Philippine Star December 14, 2017 04:18 UTC