MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/24 Aug) – The Bukidnon provincial health office has recommended the creation and institutionalization of the provincial epidemiology surveillance unit for the early detection of diseases, a report on the dengue situation in the province to the Sangguniang
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 August) — Health personnel here have intensified their anti-dengue fumigation activities as dengue cases in various parts of the city continue to rise. Dr. Lalaine Calonzo, assistant chief of the City Integrated Health Services office (CIHSO),
COTAB ATO CITY (MindaNews/23 August) — The health department in the region is alarmed with the widespread dengue cases that have left 34 people dead, most of them children. Dr. Abdullah Dumama, chief of the Department of Health in Region
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 Aug) — The City Health Office (CHO) reported that the dengue cases in the city has slowly dropped due to intensive preventive measures. Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, the city health officer, told reporters that they have monitored the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 August) – The City Health Office here today bared that more men this year have availed of the vasectomy procedure compared to last year. Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, City Health chief, told reporters that between 300 and 400
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 August) – A top official of the Department of Health (DOH) today said the agency has remained unfazed by the opposition of the Catholic Church to the family planning program of the government. In a news conference
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 Aug) – The city government here has designated the city gymnasium as reserve dengue ward in preparation for the possible escalation of dengue cases in the city in the coming weeks. Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio said she
DAVAO CITY (DWG/08 August) — In line with the thrust of the National Commission on Literary Arts to help develop creative writing in the regional languages, the Davao Writers Guild is holding a literary contest, the “Fiction-Writing Contest in Bisaya”.
DAVAO CITY (STN/08 August) — Insisting on the urgency to mitigate the poor health situation in the indigenous community, the Save Talaingod Network (STN) pushed through with its major medical intervention dubbed as Save Talaingod Medical Mission this August 7-11,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 Aug) – The city government has established a special ward for dengue patients at the city district hospital here due to the continuing rise of confirmed dengue cases in the area. Dr. Arvin Alejandro, city district
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/02 August) – Erratic climatic conditions since 2008 could have caused the steady rise in the incidence of dengue cases in South Cotabato, a provincial official, citing the result of an initial evaluation, said. Jose Baroquillo, South
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 July) – Dengue claimed two more lives here since last week, bringing to three the number of confirmed deaths in the city due to the mosquito-borne disease for this month alone. A report from the City
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 July) – Alarmed by the year-round threat of dengue, the head of the City Council Committee on Health is proposing to enact an ordinance aimed at reducing the number of cases in the coming years. Councilor Bernard
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 July)- Dengue is Bukidnon’s number one and most urgent health problem and the focus of the agenda of the Provincial Health Board when it convenes in early August, Bukidnon provincial health chief Dr. Teresita Damasco said. Damasco
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/18 July) — On July 12, Susan Enad, a resident of Lantapan town, Bukidnon packed her things and prepared to leave what had become her temporary home, the Bukidnon Provincial Medical Center. If she had her way, Enad
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 July) — Dengue incidence in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao has reportedly reached the outbreak level as confirmed cases in the region rose to almost 3,500 during the past weeks, and the number of deaths has
