Info drive intensified to curb HIV/AIDS cases

Futch Anthony Inso 09/18/2017

Cebu City ranks 1st in prevalence rate study of men having sex with men transmission of HIV The Department of Health is intensifying its ABCDE program, an education campaign on the human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired…

Cebu registers 72 new AIDS cases in June

Futch Anthony Inso 09/06/2017

There were 85 new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) recorded by the regional Department of Health (DOH-7) last June. Dr. Van Phillip Baton, coordinator of the DOH-7 Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Program, said 72…

DOH steps up campaign against encephalitis cases

Futch Anthony Inso 09/06/2017

EVEN with only one recorded case of Japanese encephalitis (JE), the regional Department of Health (DOH-7) office said it will intensify its campaign against the disease. Renan Cimafranca, Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (Resu) coordinator, said the…

Rabies deaths up by nine; animal bite cases rise to 20k

Patricia Erlaine N. Luardo 09/06/2017

THERE were nine deaths caused by rabies recorded and 20,591 animal bite cases reported to the regional Department of Health (DOH-7) office. During yesterday’s Kapihan sa PIA (Philippine Information Agency), DOH medical specialist Dr. Joanri Riveral said…

11 AIDS cases, 74 HIV cases in C. Visayas recorded in June

Futch Anthony Inso 09/06/2017

ABOUT 74 new cases of HIV and 11 AIDS cases were recorded in Central Visayas last June by the regional Department of Health (DOH-7). Dr. Van Phillip Baton, coordinator of Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Program, said the number…

4S drive tagged in lower dengue cases this year

Futch Anthony Inso 08/03/2017

THE 18 percent drop in dengue cases in seven months this year can be attributed to the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s 4S program. Dr. Shelbay Blanco, DOH-7 health officer, said that from January to June…

Capitol wants to reduce dengue cases

Morexette Erram 07/14/2017

THE Cebu Provincial Health Office (PHO) will target the reduction of dengue cases to 200 a month. Cyril Pangatungan, Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance Unit Officer, said the number of dengue patients from the first half of 2016 and…

S. Leyte governor face falsification cases

Inquirer.net 05/05/2017

For failing to declare the year he graduated as a civil engineer, Southern Leyte Governor Damian Mercado was indicted for falsification of public documents by the Office of the Ombudsman. In a statement on Friday, the Ombudsman…

Three dead as animal bite cases rise to 6K

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/23/2017

ONE child and two adults died due to animal bites while there were 6,021 animal bite cases recorded in the province for the first four months of this year. The fatalities include a four-year-old child from Consolacion…

Palma calls for reflection on rising HIV cases in jails

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/09/2017

THE rising number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases inside the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) should be a cause for reflection, said Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as he called…

Fewer HIV cases in CV but no definite downward trend

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/06/2017

CENTRAL Visayas now ranks fourth from being third in the country on the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases, according to the data of the Department of Health (DOH) as of January 2017. DOH recorded 62…

Cholera cases contained in Daanbantayan

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/03/2017

THE incidence of cholera cases in Barangay Carnaza, Daanbantayan town had been contained for now and no additional cases have been reported so far, Daanbantayan Mayor Vicente Loot said yesterday. Loot said they are now treating these…

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