15/03/2026
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๐๐. ๐ก ๐๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐.
Kadalasan ang kasama sa routine vaccination ng mga bata ay Meningococcal strain A para sa serotype A, ngunit alam niyo ba na mas common ang strain B na may datos na ๐๐.๐% carriage rate among Filipinos age ๐-๐๐ years old?
Yes, โ
vaccine exists for MENINGOCCOCAL TYPE B!
Parehas na strain ay delikado at maaring maging "๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ". Parehas na bakuna ay kailangan at importante. ๐๐ปโค๏ธ
Anna Gallo was on the final day of a dream skiing holiday to when she started violently shaking, vomiting and losing consciousness.
She was put into an ambulance and rushed from hotel to hospital where she was diagnosed with bacterial and septic shock.
Doctors at 's National Center for Global Health and Medicine diagnosed Anna with , which had rapidly escalated into meningitis and septic shock.
She fell into a three-day coma, her life suspended by machines and intravenous antibiotics.
She remembers nothing of those lost days, but they are chiselled into her mother's memory.
She still cannot walk due to necrotic lesions โ patches of dead or dying tissue โ on her feet and legs. Painful reminders of how close the bacteria came to winning.
There is one detail she keeps coming back to.
"I was vaccinated for back in school, but not for type B, which is the kind I got," she says.
has had a free, state-funded immunisation program for meningococcal C since 2003 โ upgraded to a "four-in-one" vaccine that covers the A, C, W and Y strains in 2017.
But free type B vaccinations โ using the drug Bexsero โ only started rolling out in March 2024.
is the only other state with a similar program.
Mater Health Services director of infectious diseases Paul Griffin says Anna's story is a reminder of why Australia needs a consistent national immunisation program.
"Because it's relatively rare, people perceive the risk as low," he says.
"But the consequences can be devastating."
