by magnolia_eic | Aug 19, 2011 | Headlines, Health and Medicine, Local News / Bohol Balita
IN a bid to prevent the spread of dengue cases in the country, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo on Wednesday called on all governors, city and municipal mayors, barangay chairmen, including local health officers to conduct clean-up activities in their respective localities.
In a directive, Robredo enjoined local officials to conduct search and destroy operations of all potential breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitoes in their areas of jurisdiction.
Local officials were also urged to enforce environmental sanitation such as dredging of clogged canals, esteros and other waterways; prune thick bushes or tree branches; remove or drain receptacles containing stagnant water; and conduct massive information drive on environmental control of breeding sites especially in endemic areas.
Robredo issued the directive amid reports from the Department of Health (DOH) that dengue cases in the country, from January 1 to July 23, 2011, has reached to 38,876 or 25.85% lower compared to 52,428 cases in 2010. Also, this year’s recorded number of deaths is at 226, wherein victims are mostly children.
He asked local chief executives (LCEs) to undertake the clean-up drive for two consecutive weekends: on August 20 & 21 and August 27 & 28, 2011 to stop the spread of the disease.
Robredo ordered members of the DILG Regional Management Coordinating Committee to ensure that their field officers actively participate in the clean-up efforts within their areas of jurisdiction.
He also directed all DILG regional directors to closely monitor and submit reports of LGUs’ compliance with the directive, a week after the conduct of said activity.
by magnolia_eic | Aug 17, 2011 | Announcements, Headlines, Health and Medicine, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Aug. 16 (PIA) – NANAWAGAN na ang Department of Health (DOH) sa mga lokal nga kagamhanan sa pagbukas sa ilang mga health centers matag weekend alang sa dengue screening tungod sa pagsaka sa kaso ng dengue sa nasud.
Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa DOH nga si Eric Tayag, kini aron mapugngan ang “overcrowding” sa mga pasyente sa mga tambalanan.
Gitataw ni Tayag nga ang weekend screening sa dengue alang sa hinanaling treatment sa mga dengue cases sa ilang mga kabalayan.
“We are appealing to LGUs that health centers be open on weekends so patients can be screened,” matud pa ni Tayag.
Nauna niini, natala na sa DOH ang 45,333 ka kaso sa dengue sa tibuok nasud sukad Enero hangtud Agosto ning tuiga, apil na ang nadugang nga 6,000 ka kaso sa katapusang duha ka semana.
Apan matud pa sa DOH nga mas ubos pa gihapon kini og 33.5% sa milabay nga tuig nga kaso nga mikabat sa 68,186 sa susamang bulan. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Jun 10, 2011 | Announcements, Headlines, Health and Medicine
THE health department reminded parents of students to be more cautious as school starts because it is also the start of the rainy season. The Department of Health (DOH) said cough, colds, flu and the deadly leptospirosis are
illnesses associated with the wet season.
DOH Secretary Enrique Ona said that cases of dengue fever increase during rainy season. He advised the students to wear long sleeves and leggings to prevent catching the illness. DOH continues to remind parents to equip their children with raincoats and umbrellas.
Students are also reminded to avoid wading through floodwaters, to prevent illnesses such as
leptospirosis. (DOH/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Jun 9, 2011 | Headlines, Health and Medicine, National News
The controversial reproductive health (RH) bill has finally been endorsed for plenary debates at the Senate, but discussions and voting on the legislation will take place in July as Congress goes on recess on Thursday. Twenty senators signed Committee Report No. 49 of the Senate committees on finance, health and demography, and youth, women and family relations, paving the way for heated arguments just like in the House of Representatives, on whether to allow or not, unhindered public access to contraceptives.
The committee report contained the consolidated reproductive health bill versions of Santiago and Lacson.
The Senate’s RH bill seeks to “provide information and access, without bias, to all methods offamily planning which have been proven safe and effective in accordance with scientific and evidence-based medical standards such as those set by the World Health Organization (WHO)and registered and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).”
The RH bill, which proposes to “guarantee to universal access to medically-safe, legal, affordable and quality reproductive health care services,” is one of the most contentious issues in the Philippines. The bill has been filed in previous congresses but was never passed into law.” The Catholic Church only promotes natural family planning methods and is against the use of artificial forms of contraception like condoms and contraceptive pills.
by magnolia_eic | Jun 4, 2011 | Headlines, Health and Medicine, National News
Tagbilaran City, June 3 (PIA) – Gitataw ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III nga dili prayoridad sa iyang administrasyon ang gidusong Divorce Bill sa Kongreso. Matud pa sa Presidente nga ang Divorce Bill mahimong makaingon sa pagkabahin-bahin sa
publiko. Gikuwestyon usab sa Presidente kun seryoso ba gayud ang nagduso sa maong balaodnon.
Nagtuo ang Malakanyang nga dili angay idungan ang Divorce Bill sa pagtuki sa Reproductive Health (RH) Bill nga mao karon ang prayoridad sa administrasyong Aquino. Sigun pa ni Presidential Communications Group Secretary Ricky Carandang, gustong idungang sa RH Bill ang Divorce Bill human nahibaw-an nga ang maong balaodnon napasar ug legal na karon sa Malta, ang kapartner sa Pilipinas sa tibuok kalibotan nga nahabiling nasud nga walay diborsyo. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | May 3, 2011 | Health and Medicine, National News
The Human Rights Unlimited Inc., a non-stock non-profit organization based in Cebu City which is established to provide education, training, law reform, advocacy and legal assistance is organizing a Seminar-Workshop on the Law on Family Relations in the Philippines to be held on May 21, 2011 at 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. at the University of Cebu -Banilad Campus for a registration fee of P1,250.00. Early enrollees can avail of the discounted rate of P999.oo if they enroll by May 14, 2011.
The seminar-workshop will discuss laws affecting marriage, children and issues of special concern. The subject on marriage will particularly take up the requisites of marriage, void and voidable marriages, legal separation, the rights and obligation of the husband and wife, and the property relations between them. The part on children will cover paternity and filiation, custody and support and parental authority. Special issues on the use of surname, change of name, cancellation or correction of entry in the civil registry, the salient points of the Anti-Violence against Women and their Children Act and the Anti-Child Abuse Law shall also be tackled.
Interested participants can pre-register at or email HRU, Inc. at hru.philippines@gmail.com.
