Southstar Drug Vaccinations Now Bookable on Hati Health, Securing Stock and Expanding Affordable Vaccine Options for Filipinos
November 11, 2026 • 3 MIN READ
If you've been searching for a vaccine near you, there's now a faster way to get one. Hati Health has partnered with Southstar Drug to enable more vaccination options, across the Philippines, with easy online booking. You book and pay on Hati Health, then get your flu, pneumonia or HPV vaccine from a trained pharmacist at a participating Southstar Drug branch.
Hati Health, the Philippine digital health platform, today announced that vaccinations at Southstar Drug are now available to book on Hati Health. Filipinos can reserve flu, pneumonia and HPV vaccines online at participating Southstar Drug branches. Each dose is ordered and delivered to the branch in the customer's name, which secures stock before the visit and adds an affordable, nearby option for adult vaccination.
The partnership solves a familiar problem: calling around or arriving at a pharmacy or clinic only to find a vaccine out of stock. When customers book on Hati Health at least seven days ahead, their dose is set aside for them. They see the full price before paying and get vaccinated by a trained pharmacist on a scheduled date at a branch near home.
The need is significant. Pneumonia was the fourth leading cause of death in the Philippines in 2025, with 38,607 deaths from January to November, according to provisional data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 102,216 influenza-like illness cases from January 1 to August 24, 2025. Citing HPV Information Centre data, the DOH also estimates that about 4,052 Filipino women die of cervical cancer every year, or at least 12 a day.
When can you get vaccinated at Southstar Drug, and how do you book?
Participating Southstar Drug branches hold vaccination sessions twice a month, mid-month and at month-end. Booking closes seven days before each session, which gives time for every reserved dose to reach the branch.
To book, customers open www.hati.health or in the app, then choose a vaccine, a branch and a date. They pay online and receive an instant confirmation plus a reminder the day before. New dates open about every two weeks.
About Southstar Drug
Southstar Drug is one of the oldest and largest drugstore chains in the Philippines, operating over 600 stores nationwide.
Owned by Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. (RRHI), it sells prescription and over-the-counter medicines, generic alternatives, personal care products, and health items through its physical branches and online e-commerce platform.
About Hati Health
Hati Health (hati.health) is a Philippine digital health platform that makes preventive care easy to book and transparent to price. Customers book lab tests, health check-ups, consultations and vaccinations online across a network of 240 partner locations nationwide. Available via www.hati.health and iOs/ Android app.
Key facts: pneumonia and flu vaccines
Pneumonia
Pneumonia was the fourth leading cause of death in the Philippines in 2025, with 38,607 deaths (6.8% of all deaths) from January to November (PSA, provisional).
It is most severe for adults over 65, people with chronic health problems and people with weakened immune systems.
Under the DOH National Immunization Program, seniors 60+ are entitled to one free pneumococcal dose in their lifetime at health centers. Even so, coverage stands at only around 20% of the senior population (DOH).
Pneumococcal vaccines are among the adult vaccines that trained pharmacists may give to people aged 18+ under the Philippine Pharmacy Act (RA 10918).
Flu (influenza)
The DOH recorded 102,216 influenza-like illness cases from January 1 to August 24, 2025. Cases jumped 55% in two weeks, from 6,124 (July 14–27) to 9,491 (July 28–August 10), as the rainy season set in.
WHO recommends one flu vaccine every year, before the flu season. Its priority groups are older adults, pregnant women, people with chronic conditions and health workers.
Flu vaccines are updated every year to match the viruses in circulation, so last year's shot doesn't cover this year's strains.
Seniors 60+ are entitled to a free flu shot every year at DOH health centers.
According to WHO, any reaction to the flu vaccine is milder than the flu itself.
