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Dengue hits dozen Cotabato villagers; 4 year-old boy dies
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 4 2012 10:49 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 4 October)- At least 12 villagers in in Makilala, North Cotabato have been hospitalized since last week due to the dengue virus, a village official said. The… »
Number of underweight children ‘high’ in Davao region – FNRI survey
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on September 28 2012 9:08 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 September) — The number of underweight children with ages 0-10 years in the four provinces of Davao region is high, according to the results of the 2011… »
Residents warned vs rabies
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 13 2012 7:11 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/12 May) – Residents here have been warned to be extra cautious in dealing with dog bites following the death last week of a resident in Barangay Balindog… »
South Cotabato taps NGO for cheaper meds
By Allen V. Estabillo on February 24 2012 6:50 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 February) – The provincial government of South Cotabato has linked up with a local non-government organization to help provide cheaper medicine packages for various surgical and… »
More infections noted in Surigao City as sex workers increase
By Roel Catoto on February 2 2012 6:05 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/1 Feb) – Freelance sex workers are dramatically growing in number in Surigao City, leading to an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2011 compared to the… »
Sarangani village water not safe for drinking due to coliform
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 21 2011 7:39 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 Oct) – Health officials in Sarangani have warned residents in a diarrhea-stricken village in Maasim town against drinking from all water sources in the area due… »
GenSan steps up anti-dengue drive
By Allen V. Estabillo on August 25 2011 6:54 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/24 August) – The city government has intensified its campaign for the immediate diagnosis and treatment of suspected dengue cases in a bid to address the rising… »
Health secretary warns of rat-borne disease in flooded areas
By Walter I. Balane on July 15 2011 10:52 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/15 July) – Leptorpirosis is the new problem flooded communities may to face after the water had subsided, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said. Ona told MindaNews the flooded… »
5.2M Pinoy families have no health insurance – Sec. Ona
By Cong Corrales on July 12 2011 9:28 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/12 July) — Some 5.2 million families in the country have not enrolled with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Department of Health Secretary Enrique Ona… »
Dengue cases in R12 drop by 78%
By Allen V. Estabillo on June 18 2011 7:25 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – Dengue cases in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao have dropped by at least 78 percent in the last five months but regional health authorities… »
Bukidnon to combat low TB detection with multi-sector alliance, info drive
By Walter I. Balane on June 12 2011 8:18 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/11 June) — The Bukidnon Provincial Health Office is spearheading the formation of a Bukidnon multi-sectoral alliance for the control of tuberculosis in the province. Dr. Teresita G.… »
Schisto endemic in 53 Bukidnon barangays, says DOH
By Walter I. Balane on May 31 2011 6:45 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/30 May) – Schistosomiasis is endemic in 53 of Bukidnon’s 464 barangays with five of these villages having an infection rate of at least 10 percent, according to… »
Community help key to containing schisto in Bukidnon
By Walter I. Balane on May 26 2011 5:38 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/24 May) – The Department of Health can control schistosomiasis in Bukidnon with the help of the community using a mix of ways with emphasis on mass treatment,… »
7 new HIV-AIDS cases recorded in Zambo City
By Mindanews on May 23 2011 8:30 am
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/22 May) – The City Health Office here has recorded seven new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immunodeficiency Acquired Syndrome (HIV-AIDS), from January this year, bringing to 35… »
On RH bill: Purple Ribbon says the “ayes” have it
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on May 21 2011 9:00 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/20 May) — If voting on the controversial Reproductive Health Bill were done now, it will muster at least 123 votes in the 285-member House of… »
Discrimination, stigma removal are challenges in fighting HIV/AIDS
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 21 2011 8:46 am
TAGAYTAY CITY (MindaNews/20 May) – The negative public attitude towards persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) such as discrimination and stigmatization, is a major challenge facing health workers in… »
28 HIV-AIDS cases in Gensan; none involve sex workers
By Edwin G. Espejo on May 18 2011 8:07 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/17 May) — Despite the nature of their work commercial sex workers in General Santos City have so far been free of the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus-… »
Bukidnon seeks WHO help on schistosomiasis
By Walter I. Balane on May 15 2011 8:04 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/15 May) – The Bukidnon Provincial Board has passed a resolution requesting the World Health Organization (WHO) to intervene and provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the… »
Bukidnon at the bottom in TB detection in NorthMin
By Walter I. Balane on May 11 2011 6:45 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – The Province of Bukidnon has a lackluster record in detecting tuberculosis cases. It is, in fact, at the bottom in Northern Mindanao with only a… »
BJMP-11 lacks money for inmates’ medicine
By Mindanews on May 10 2011 6:34 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/9 May) – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Southern Mindanao’s budget for medicine is so small that it can only fork out P3 per prisoner… »
Davao City’s dialysis is PHL’s cheapest; migration noted among kidney patients
By Mindanews on February 24 2011 6:49 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 February) – Hospitals and wellness centers here offer the country’s cheapest dialysis treatment, but a medical director of an upstart wellness center also warned of the increasing… »
Check NorthCot Environment Code first before allowing Bt Talong field testing
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 6 2011 12:01 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/05 February) – An environmentalist-lawyer has urged legislators in North Cotabato to look into the province’s Environment Code before they allow the field testing of a genetically-modified eggplant… »
STI cases down Surigao City
By Mindanews on January 24 2011 11:08 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/23 January) – There were fewer cases of sexually transmitted infections here in 2010 compared with the previous year, records from the City Health Office showed. Cases of… »
New nurses need training – Davao hospital exec
By Germelina Lacorte on January 18 2011 11:00 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 January) — Competent, volunteer nurses working for free and new nursing graduates undergoing training to enter the profession are two separate issues that should be treated separately,… »
Gov’t hospital in Davao City capable of treating meningococcemia – official
By Germelina Lacorte on January 17 2011 10:03 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 January)—A health official here assured the country’s biggest government hospital is equipped to handle diagnosis and treatment of highly contagious diseases like meningococcemia. Dr. Leopoldo Vega, head… »
Davao wants BPI to revoke UPMin permit to field test Bt eggplants
By Germelina Lacorte on December 21 2010 2:35 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 Dec) ¬- City Hall has asked the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to revoke the permit of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Mindanao to conduct the field testing of the genetically-modified eggplants in the city. Mayor Sara Duterte said UP Mindanao failed to notify the city about the conduct of the field tests, a crucial requirement in the Department of Agriculture Administrative Order 8 governing the conduct of the field trials.
UP Mindanao bows to City Hall; uproots Bt eggplants
By Germelina Lacorte on December 18 2010 9:04 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 December) — Amid loud cheers from organic farmers and people opposed to Bt eggplant, UP Mindanao complied late afternoon Friday with Mayor Sara Duterte’s order to have… »
UP professor lashes back at critics, defends controversial Bt eggplant
By Germelina Lacorte on December 12 2010 12:01 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 Dec) – The University of the Philippines (UP) professor who headed the Bt Eggplant field testing here lashed back at critics, saying there is nothing to be… »
Naturally dyed cotton fabrics fight bacteria – DOST
By Mindanews on November 21 2010 1:23 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / November 20) – Cotton fabrics dyed with extracts from eight tropical plants have been found to combat pneumonia and abscess-causing bacteria, according to a study conducted… »
P6M dengue budget proposed before surge of cases in Bukidnon
By Walter I. Balane on November 17 2010 2:03 pm
VALENCIA CITY (MindaNews/16 Nov) – The chair of the Department of Health’s mosquito-borne disease program in Bukidnon, proposed in 2009 the inclusion in the provincial budget of at least P6… »
Half of Mindanao's hospitals now phasing out mercury
By Mindanews on November 7 2010 9:23 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 November) — The use of mercury in Mindanao’s health sector has waned although it still failed to beat the passing mark, an international coalition working for… »
Residents claim no knowledge re field test of Bt Eggplant
By Germelina Lacorte on October 21 2010 9:36 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 October) – Field testing of the genetically-modified eggplant will reportedly start this month but residents in Barangay Oshiro, where the field tests will take place, complain they… »
2 more victims discovered: GenSan folk warned anew on HIV-AIDS
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 13 2010 1:01 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 October) – Health officials here warned anew residents against the dangers posed by the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV infection after two more local residents… »
DepEd memo on tetanus toxoid vaccination questioned
By Germelina Lacorte on October 12 2010 8:52 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 October)—Pro-Life advocates are questioning an August 19 memorandum from the Department of Education here requiring 14-year-old girls in public schools to submit to tetanus toxoid vaccination. Retired… »
Control dengue not population, Marbel bishop tells gov't
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 6 2010 12:06 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/05 October) – Government resources were better spent on fighting the unabated rise in dengue cases than on promoting reproductive health-related programs especially the use of contraceptives,… »
Low turnout of recipients in PhilHealth card distribution in Southern Mindanao
By Germelina Lacorte on October 6 2010 12:03 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 October) – Less than 200 of the 46,000 PhilHealth beneficiaries who were identified as the poorest of the poor in Southern Mindanao came to claim their health… »
Kidapawan indigents enlist in PhilHealth
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 3 2010 9:14 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/02 October) – A hundred indigents from Kidapawan City in North Cotabato received from the Department of Health (DOH) in Southwestern Mindanao (Region 12) health insurance cards during… »
DOH-12 to put up TB center in Koronadal
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 1 2010 12:06 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 Sept) – The Department of Health (DOH) is working for the establishment of a regional treatment center for tuberculosis in Koronadal City to help effectively address… »
DOH-12 targets 49,000 families for PhilHealth accreditation
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 1 2010 12:05 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/30 Sept) – The Department of Health (DOH) in Southwestern Mindanao (Region 12) is targeting 49,000 indigent families for the nationwide registration day for membership in the Philippine… »
Bukidnon gov defies stats; insists dengue cases have decreased
By Walter I. Balane on September 30 2010 12:03 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/29 September) – Bukidnon Gov. Alex P. Calingasan refuted reports that dengue cases and deaths caused by the viral disease this year have increased to alarming levels. He… »
Nutrition project to benefit 3,500 kids in South Cot
By Allen V. Estabillo on September 29 2010 12:09 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 September) – Some 3,500 school children in South Cotabato were chosen as beneficiaries for the fourth phase of the province’s anti-malnutrition initiative Kapit-Bisig Para sa Kabataan… »
Bukidnon lawmakers respond to doc’s open letter in FB on dengue problem
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on September 27 2010 11:15 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/27 September) – An open letter to Bukidnon legislators published in a social networking site about the intensity of the dengue fever problem in the province has elicited… »
Easier access of hospital records, quicker processing of bills soon at SPMC
By Mindanews on September 23 2010 8:33 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 September) – Patients at the Southern Philippines’ Medical Center (SPMC) will soon say goodbye to long queues for records and billings. The SPMC is now on the… »
Malaybalay doc suggests fighting dengue by ‘accommodating’ mosquitoes
By Walter I. Balane on September 23 2010 12:42 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/22 September) – Dr. Dante Douglas Belderol, a physician at the Malaybalay City Health Office, is proposing some clever methods of fighting the mosquito-borne viral disease dengue. Belderol,… »
Malaybalay doc suggests fighting dengue by ‘accommodating’ mosquitoes
By Walter I. Balane on September 22 2010 11:02 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/22 September) – Dr. Dante Douglas Belderol, a physician at the Malaybalay City Health Office, is proposing some clever methods of fighting the mosquito-borne viral disease dengue. Belderol,… »
Bukidnon legislators’ help sought to fight dengue
By Walter I. Balane on September 17 2010 8:05 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) -– Bukidnon-based surgeon Dr. Janet Molina wrote an open letter to senators and members of the House of Representatives from Bukidnon to use their offices to… »
Pupils, teachers of Kidapawan school pool funds vs dengue
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on September 15 2010 6:38 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/14 September) – Pupils and teachers of North Cotabato’s biggest elementary school have agreed to contribute small amounts for a sanitation drive that aims to counter the rising… »
3 kids die of dengue in GenSan
By Mindanews on September 10 2010 12:01 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/9 Sept) – Health authorities here recorded three new confirmed deaths due to dengue fever since last week, bringing the number of confirmed fatalities due to the… »
South Cot, SK to launch joint anti-malaria operations
By Allen V. Estabillo on September 7 2010 1:07 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/06 September) – Health personnel in South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat provinces will launch joint border operations against malaria later this month to further reduce the cases… »
Bukidnon officials want epidemiology unit
By Walter I. Balane on August 24 2010 10:50 pm
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… »
