The Department of Health (DOH) has started training around 400 personnel in Calabarzon to undergo a three-day training and prepare them in holding psychosocial intervention activities to Dengvaxia recipients and family members, an official said on Thursday.

“The rationale for this is to develop their psychosocial skills to handle the cases as well as rebuilding and rekindling the thrust, confidence and acceptance of the affected individuals, patients, their families and public health services,” medical doctor Paulina Calo, DOH-Calabarzon (Region 4A) Mental Health Program coordinator said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA) at the sidelines of the training session in Quezon City.

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