funds for anti-polio drive The House of Representatives as part of the worldwide End po_ will seek additional tunds for the lio Now drive initiated by Rotary massive anti-polio vaccination hternational. She is the curreni campaign when the DroDosed governor of RI District 3780. ' 2020 ceneral nppropriations eiil is taken up for bicameral confer_ _ She called on colleagues in Longress to increase the 2020 ence action, House DeDuty Minor_ budgetary allocation for a nation_ ity Leader and Baqonq Henerasvon wide anti-polio vaccination oro_ Partylist Rep. Bernadette Herrera gram in order to help guarantee revealed Wednesday. the eradication of the dreaded Herrera said the first of the 13_ disease. day day ofthe anti-polio camDaion that started yesterday drew tie - Currently, hve only children below years old are covered bv the support of tens of thousands in Children Health Immunizato; Act Quezon City alone, and mav indi_ of 2011 or Republic Act 10152- cate initial success of the Dublic The House version of the GAB health drive. that wa! passed on final readino "However, there is no assurance last month granted the polio vacci that this demonstration of suDDort naronlrogram a budget under the could bring us back to the zero polio incidence that prevailed VurcK Response Fund of F250 mit_ in 19 lion for the Department of Health. years until the polio threat recenflv The DoH has proposed FBO0 appeared," noted Herrera. million additional budget for the The lady solon led an anti-oolio mprementation of RA 10152. (Ben vaccination drive in euezon City Rosario) pgea