Health

Anti-dengue task forces pushed in Iloilo City villages

By Perla Lena/PNA ILOILO CITY -- The creation of an anti-dengue task force is proposed in each of the 180 villages of Iloilo City in anticipation of the surge of cases since...

Democrats See Health Care as Winning Issue in 2020 US Election

Brian Padden / VOA-NEWS Health care in America is again expected to be a deeply divisive issue in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, with Democrats pressing for more government involvement through the...

W. Visayas records 32 new measles cases in a day

By Gail Momblan/PNA ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Region 6 (Western Visayas) has recorded 32 new measles cases in one day. Marvin Sumergido, Senior Health Program...

5 rabies-free villages in Iloilo eyed

By Gail Momblan/PNA ILOILO CITY -- Iloilo’s Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) is pushing for five more villages to be declared rabies-free this year. In an interview Wednesday, PVO Veterinarian IV Darel Tabuada said...

BARMM health execs secures Islamic ruling on immunization

by Edwin Fernandez/PNA The Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MO H–BARMM) has secured a “fatwa” (Islamic ruling) Tuesday on efforts to convince mothers of children 0-59 months...

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