Why mental health is crucial in treating TB

Dexter Cabalza 03/18/2024

At 24, Eloisa Zepeda Teng began her career as an architect. In 2006, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). During her six-month treatment, she lost her sight. Her doctor said she had multidrug-resistant TB. Teng struggled with…

4Ps supervisors undergo simulation on TB awareness training in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/10/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – A roll-out and simulation on the training of 4Ps supervisors regarding the Family Development Session (FDS) on Tuberculosis Awareness was conducted in Mandaue City on Thursday, March 9, 2023. The roll-out was conducted…

Can vaccination be required?

Geronimo L. Sy - @inquirerdotnet 09/11/2021

It is not known to many, but there is actually a law in the country that makes vaccination compulsory. Republic Act No. 10152, passed in 2011, is “An Act providing for Mandatory Basic Immunization for Infants and…

Talisay City now has 18 COVID cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City now has 18 new Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases after another case was recorded in Sitio Ilang-ilang, Barangay Isidro. Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas said in his Facebook page that the…

DOH-7: COVID-19 inmate from Cebu City has TB

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The 41-year-old inmate from Cebu City Jail who died due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had preexisting health conditions, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH – 7) said. The DOH-7…

‘Game changer’ drug cures tuberculosis

AFP 10/23/2018

A NEW treatment for a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis can cure 80 percent of sufferers, according to a trial hailed Monday as a “game changer” in the fight against the global killer. Doctors in Belarus – a…

Sharp rise in TB, HIV cases reported in congested Cebu jails

Izobelle T. Pulgo 09/21/2016

Congestion in jails in Cebu province has been placed at “one thousand percent,” resulting to a sharp rise on illnesses, including tuberculosis, a penology official said. Senior Insp. Dennis C. Aliño, regional paralegal officer of the Bureau…

DOH to hold TB screening, gives vaccines to students

Carmel Loise Matus 08/11/2016

IN celebration of the Lung Month this August, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) will hold a mass tuberculosis (TB) screening in Tangke National High School in Talisay City. A total of 537 students from…

Lapu inmates with TB placed in isolation

Carine M. Asutilla, Norman V. Mendoza 04/15/2015

About 12 inmates in Lapu-Lapu City Jail were placed in an isolation cell after testing positive for tuberculosis recently. Lapu-Lapu City Jail Warden Renante Rubio said seven of 10 inmates tested positive for the disease during the…

12 Lapu inmates test positive for TB

Norman V. Mendoza 04/13/2015

About 12 inmates of the Lapu-Lapu City Jail are under medication after they tested positive for tuberculosis. Jail officials had the inmates examined at the facility’s clinic which confirmed that they are suffering from the disease. Warden…

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