COTABATO CITY, April 23 -- The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao's (BARMM) massive anti-measles vaccination program is nearing its target of about 1.3 million children, health officials said Monday.

Zyrus Dabuco, the Ministry of Health (MOH)-BARMM immunization program coordinator, said that as of April 20, around 1,034,841 children 10 years and below had received anti-measles vaccines, which accounted for 75.5 percent of the target 1,371,284.

"We will continue the vaccination until next month," Dabuco said during the MOH-BARMM radio program titled "Suara Kalusugan."

MOH-BARMM could hit the target since the vaccination is still ongoing with minimal hesitancy on the part of their parents due to the support of the region's r...