There are some 4,000 known chemicals in tobacco smoke; more than 50 of them are known to cause cancer in humans. Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the world. It is well known that half the people who smoke regularly today about 650 million people will eventually be killed by tobacco. Equally alarming is the fact that hundreds of thousands of people who have never smoked die each year from diseases caused by breathing second hand smoke
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JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR MIDWIVES
The Health Human Resource Development Bureau (HHRDB) is launching an RHM Placement Program. Mechanics are similar to the Doctor to the Barrio (DTTB) Program, in that we hire licensed Rural Health Midwives (RHMs) willing to serve areas in need. As such, the previously identified 25 low performing municipalities/provinces, which was the basis of recruiting midwifery scholarship applicants, will be the same 25 sites where we are deploying our licensed RHMs.
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GARANTISADONG PAMBATA TAKES OFF!
Twice a year during the months of April and October, the Department of Health since 1999 has held a week-long nationwide program to provide comprehensive health services for pre-schoolers. This year’s theme for Garantisadong Pambata is “GP8 Child Survival Package-Kids Can’t Wait’. The focus of this campaign is to provide the essential health services as specified in the Child Survival Strategy in order to accelerate and sustain action towards reaching Millennium Development Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality. Regional Director Dr. Lydia S. Depra-Ramos of the Department of Health CHD WV announced the enthusiastic readiness of all Local Government Units for Garantisadong Pambata 2008! The strategy of Garantisadong Pambata offers a unified direction and description of the action to successfully implement life saving interventions as it focuses on children from birth to 5 years of age. Other child health services include salt testing for iodine, growth monitoring and promotion/weighing, oral health and newborn screening.
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Dengue Cases in Western Visayas (38th Morbidity Week)
A total of 5,445 dengue cases were admitted to different sentinel hospitals region wide from January 1 to September 22, 2007. This is 325% higher compared to same time period last year (1,282 cases). Cases had exceeded and reached the alert threshold from week 1 to present and had decreased on the 33rd week. (Figure 1).
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Dengue Cases in Western Visayas (36th Morbidity Week)
Findings:
A total of 4,482 Dengue cases were admitted from the different sentinel sites of Western Visayas from January 1 to September 8, 2006. This is 297% higher compared to same period last year of 1,129 cases (Fig 1). Ages of cases ranged from 2 months to 79 years old (median 10 years). Fifty one percent( 51%) were males. Cases were highest below the 10 years age group [Fig 2]. There were fifty six deaths recorded (CFR 1.2%).
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DENGUE CASES IN WESTER VISAYAS (35TH MORBIDITY WEEK)
Partial data from the Regional Epidemiology and Surveiilance Unit (RESU) shows a total of 4,143 Dengue Cases from the 15 sentinel sites regionwide covering the period January 1 to September 1, 2007 (Fig. 1). Most of the cases were from Iloilo and Negros Occidental province and some of its component cities (Tab. 1). Majority were males and the age grouping with the highest number of cases belonged to the 10 years old and below (Fig. 2). There were 55 deaths (CFR 1.3%)
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Summer is still in the air, now a days. When Tropical Depression (TD) "Ambo,"the first TD to visit the visit the Philippines for the year 2008 most people thought summer is over. But sad to say, they were wrong. The scorching heat of the sun has returned. After a few days of rest when Ambo visited us here in the Philippines.
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HEALTHY HEART AND A LOVELY LIFE
Healthy heart and a lovely life goes hand-in-hand. If you are going to ask, a lot of people would say, "Yes!" with a smile. Then as we go deeper with the statement, we may discover that some of us is just taking for granted the health of our heart. If we are going to go back with the human anatomy, we can see that the heart acts as the pumping station of the blood which eventually provides all the nourishment of our body. This is the reason why we should take care of our heart.
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YES, DINAGYANG IS HERE AGAIN IN ILOILO CITY
Yes, the spirit of Dinagyang (merry making) can be feel in the air now of Iloilo City. But what really it has to do with our health? If you have been in Iloilo City for Dignayang fesival here for some time there is no problem. Because you know what is happening during such celebration.
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