ILOILO
CITY, July 31 (PNA) – Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog ordered a monthly blood
letting activity in a bid to help the increasing number of dengue
patients here.
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Legarda wants increase in allowance of barangay day care workers
MANILA,
July 31 (PNA) — Senator Loren Legarda recommended on Friday an increase
in the allowance of barangay day care workers who at present are
receiving a monthly allowance of only P500.
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Angara pushes for free health insurance for 14M poor children
MANILA,
July 30 (PNA) -- Senator Edgardo Angara echoed the call of President
Aquino and reiterated the need to expand the PhilHealth coverage to
cover health insurance program for Filipino children of low-income
families through the establishment of a Children’s Health Insurance
Program (CHIP).
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Health authorities to set border operations in remote Davao-Bukidnon-Cotabato areas to fight malaria
DAVAO
CITY, July 30 (PNA) – Health authorities here is set to form
collaborative efforts in the remote areas situated in the borders of
Davao City, Bukidnon and Cotabato provinces for the next three months to
fight malaria.
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Davao Norte tribal leaders express alarm over spread of diseases; urge gov’t intervention
TALAINGOD,
Davao del Norte, July 30 (PNA) -- Leaders of indigenous communities
expressed alarm over the spread of rashes, fever and colds, and diarrhea
in far-flung Ata-Manobo villages in Talaingod, this province.
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City gov’t appeals for community support in anti-dengue advocacy
ILOILO
CITY, July 29 (PNA) – Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is calling
on the support of the community in the city’s anti-dengue drive.
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Cebu City Health department wants fees hike to improve service
CEBU
CITY, July 29 (PNA) -- The Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) plans to
raise its fees to improve services and operations.
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P10M medicines for Cebu City barangay health centers sought
CEBU
CITY, July 28 (PNA) - Cebu City Councilor Ronald Cuenco is seeking the
appropriation of some P10 million for medicines for the barangay health
centers, after learning that the health centers have run out of
supplies.
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QC-St. Luke expand pro-poor medical program
MANILA,
July 28 (PNA) -- The Quezon City government and the St. Luke Medical
Center (SLMC) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA)
expanding their joint medical assistance program that benefits the
city's poor.
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Address TB challenges now or lose the fight against the disease, WHO warns
MANILA,
July 28 (PNA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the
Western Pacific Region's gains in tuberculosis control over the last
decade would be lost unless multidrug-resistant and extensively
drug-resistant TB, as well as TB-HIV co-infection, are urgently
addressed.
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