HEALTH

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.

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.

GEN. SANTOS
CITY – Nutrition stakeholders and disaster officials in Region 12 are now
equipped with knowledge and understanding on nutrition during emergencies.

And local
government units across the SOCCSKSARGEN region are in the process of creating
their respective Nutrition Clusters which will work during emergencies, both
man-made and natural.

MANILA-- As temperatures rise to feverish levels, the Department of Health (DOH) has called on the public to hydrate themselves regularly to guard against heatstroke and dehydration. Dahil mainit ang panahon, mas maraming tubig ang kailangan natin. (Due to the scorching heat, we need to drink plenty of water.) We need to drink eight to 12 glasses a day, said Health Secretary Dr. Paulyn Ubial.Ubial suggested water intake at 15-minute intervals to consume one glass per hour.

COTABATO CITY– A Health department official of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will represent the country in a global health initiative sponsored by the U.S.

COTABATO CITY -- The Cotabato City Office on Health Services has recognized the agency’s nurses and midwives who
worked hard and gave their best to their work last 2016.

The
awards were given to the health personnel who achieved the highest percentage of
achievements in the implementation of OHS’s programs such as Safe Motherhood,
Family Planning, Expanded Program of Immunization and the National Tuberculosis
Program.

KORONADAL CITY – A 22-year-old teen dreaming of enlarging his penis through injection ended up dead believed to be due to tetanus, Radyo Bida Koronadal reported today.The boy, named only as Tata is a resident of Sto Nino, South Cotabato. He died at the South Cotabato provincial hospital. A relative said Tata and three other companions bought a medicine and syringe from a local drug store. They injected the medicine into their private parts without doctor's prescription.He said Tata was the last to use the same syringe in injecting the enlarger.

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COTABATO CITY – The government’s campaign against water-borne diseases is now easier to pursue in many Moro areas with newly-built facilities now supplying clean drinking water to thousands of houses.Physician Kadil Sinolinding, Jr, regional health secretary of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), said on Sunday among these facilities are the new reservoir in Maluso, Basilan and the now functional Sagay-Sagay water supply system in Sulu.

KORONADAL CITY -- The number of firecracker-related injuries in the SOCCKSARGEN region, as of January 2, rose to 33 as the Department of Health (DOH-12) continue to receive reports from various health stations across Region 12. Jenny Ventura, DOH-12 focal person on injury related cases monitoring system, said the number was still way below as compared to the same period last year. The number is way below, and we have no reported stray bullet victim, she said. Hopefully, next time around we have zero casualty. That is good news, said Supt.