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Dentists, Save the Children sign MoU on oral health for Sarangani

GEN.
SANTOS CITY -- The Philippine Dental Association (PDA) General Santos City
chapter, Sarangani government dentists signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Save the Children during the opening ceremony of the 14th
National Dental Health Month (NDMH) here.

PDA
and Save the Children sealed their mutual understanding to further strengthen existing
partnership in promoting oral health awareness and delivering free dental
services to remote schools in Sarangani.

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DOH-12 launches national oral health month

COTABATO CITY -- Targeting pregnant women this time, the
Department of Health Region (DOH-12) kicked off this year’s celebration of
National Oral Health Month on Monday with a motorcade and a launching activity
which included lectures and dental kits distribution at a mall here.

This year's dental health month theme, Ngipin Ay Alagaan
Mula Sa Sinapupunan Para Sa Magandang Ngiti Hanggang Katandaan, focuses
on mothers and maternal health.

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Cotabato City health office proposes revisions on anti-smoking law

COTABATO CITY -- The city’s Office on Health Services met last
week with members of the City Council, police officers and other government
officials who form part of the Task Force on Anti-Smoking Campaign to review
the existing local laws on smoking and propose revisions meant to strengthen
and enhance City Ordinance No. 3866.

In a statement, the city health office said among the sections
proposed to be revised is Section 7 which mandates the penalties to be imposed
on violators.

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ARMM conducts dissemination of national nutrition plan for 2017-2022

COTABATO CITY – The Department of Health of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), in partnership with the National Nutrition Council, conducted a regional dissemination of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2017-2022 on Thursday, January 11 in this city.During the program, ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman led the symbolic turnover of PPAN 2017-2022 documents to various stakeholders.

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Hours b4 New Yearand DOH-12 records 18 firecracker related injuries

COTABATO CITY – Hours before the New Year ushers in, the Department of Health today reported
18 cases of firecracker related injuries in Region 12.

Jenny Ventura,
focal person of DOH-12 Iwas Paputok campaign focal person, said as of 6 a.m.
on Dec. 31, 18 persons were hurt by firecrackers in the provinces of North
Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and the cities of Cotabato,
Kidapawan, Tacurong, Koronadal and Gen. Santos.

DOH monitoring
started on December 21.

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ARMM education agency gets award for campaign against smoking

COTABATO CITY --- Two agencies in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao got the 2017 Red Orchid Award from the Department of Health for having religiously banned smoking among employees.John Magno, regional education secretary of ARMM, said on Saturday that they received this week a Red Orchid citation plaque from Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.The grant of the Red Orchid citation is a yearly activity of the central office of the Department of Health.It is premised on extensive surveys on the implementation of DOH’s anti-smoking campaign in all government offices.The plaque Magno’s

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Philhealth-12 celebrates Filipino Elderly Week in Koronadal

KORONADAL CITY
- More than 400 senior citizens from various areas in Region 12 today attended
the opening ceremonies of the annual Elderly Filipino Week at the SMRAA sports
complex here.

Aimed at
honoring the region’s elders, the gathering was led by Philippine Health
Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth-XII), Department of Health, Social Welfare
and development (DOH -12 and DSWD-12) and senior citizens organizations from
four provinces of the SOCCSKSARGEN region.

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Cooking, poster making contests highlight nutrition month culmination program

KORONADAL CITY -- A cooking team from the Department of Health in Region 12, a representative from Department of Agriculture 12: Barangay Nutrition Scholars from South Cotabato bested other participants in a series of competitions that highlighted this year's celebration of nutrition month.During the opening program, Arceli Latonio, regional nutrition coordinator announced that South Cotabato has recorded the lowest malnutrition rate in recent years.

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Under Kidapawan rehab program, druggies now live normal, happy lives

KIDAPAWAN CITY
— A post-drug dependent program of the local government here has tremendously
changed the lives of drug personalities who voluntarily yielded last year,
admitted drug addiction and subjected to rehabilitation.

Under the Balik
Pangarap Program, 1,082 former drug personalities are now living normal lives
with their loved ones in various communities of Kidapawan City’s 40 villages,
Joel Aguirre, program coordinator and former drug dependent, said of the programa
launched in August last year.

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Maguindanao local execs to fight malnutrition in barrios

MAGUINDANAO --- Besides fighting violent religious extremism, mayors will also counter now malnutrition, a problem outcast militants have lately been using as propaganda bait to attract the youth in their fold. The provincial government on Tuesday declared war against malnutrition in a simple inaugural rite in Buluan, the capital town of Maguindanao, as symbolic start of the observation every July of the yearly nutrition month.Eeman Aljani, senior executive information staff of Maguindanao Gov.

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