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HEALTH

Hundreds avail of free circumcision by Maguindanao medics

BULUAN, Maguindanao --- The People’s Medical Team (PMT) of Maguindanao province has cut a new path to tri-people unity, a little bloody and painful, but far from being deadly and destructive.The tri-people term refers to the monolithic but ethnically diverse Muslim, Christian and Lumad communities in Mindanao.The PMT, operating under the direct supervision of the newly-reelected Maguindanao Gov.

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Moro physicians represent GPH to Geneva global health confab

COTABATO CITY --- Two Muslim doctors from the south are among the country’s representatives to the on-going 69thWorld Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.Local executives in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) were elated with the participation to the event of physicians Kadil Sinolinding, Jr., and Abdullah Dumama, both ethnic Maguindanaons from Central Mindanao.Sinolinding, an Indian-trained ophthalmologist and eye surgeon, is ARMM’s incumbent regional health secretary.

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Malaria cases down in Q1 in ARMM, DOH says

COTABATO CITY– Malaria cases in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) went down significantly in the first quarter of 2016, the region’s Health department (DOH-ARMM) reported.Only 33 malaria cases were reported region-wide in the first quarter compared with a quarterly average of roughly 68 cases last year.

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SoCot health workers move to prevent spread of dengue, push for 4 o'clock habit

KORONADAL CITY -- Health providers in South Cotabato have been working doubly hard to arrest rising cases of dengue this year, health officials said.This after the number of dengue cases in the province rose to about 62 percent from January to April 23 this year as compared to the same period last year.Cecile Lorenzo, disease surveillance officer of South Cotabato Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (PESU), said from January to April 23, there were 1,003 cases of dengue recorded by the Department of Health (DOH).The dengue cases were monitored in the towns of Surallah, Banga and Koron

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Health services intensified to cushion effects of El-Niño in Lanao Sur

BUMBARAN, Lanao del Sur --- Hundreds benefited from a two-day El-Niño mitigation initiative by health officials in two Lanao del Sur towns under a diversified measure meant to address the effects of the continuing drought.Physician Allen Minalang, chief of the Integrated Provincial Health Office in Lanao del Sur on Tuesday reported to Gov.

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ARMM distributes Android tablets to LGUs for accurate health info

COTABATO CITY– To improve the efficiency and transparency of health information in the region, the Department of Science and Technology in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOST-ARMM) has distributed Android tablets with eHATID” application to local government units (LGUs).The eHATID is a software application for Android tablets offering real-time access to health information among LGUs and medical doctors.

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DOH-ARMM alerts residents on common summer ailments

COTABATO CITY– As the dry season continues, the Department of Health in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOH-ARMM) has alerted residents on common ailments and adverse health conditions they might suffer.Dr.

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North Cotabato IPHO gets dental bus

KIDAPAWAN CITY -– With a modern dental facilities all packed inside a bus,
the Integrated Provincial Health Office is expecting to improve dental health
care of North Cotabatenios, official said today.
This
after IPHO-North Cotabato received a brand new dental bus from the Department of
Health which the province will be using for its dental outreach programs in far
flung villages.
North
Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza received the vehicle in a ceremonial turn over
in Manila recentlyand the bus unit arrived in Kidapawan City, North

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2nd National School Deworming Day

Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Education (DepEd) are jointlyholding today second round of the Harmonized Deworming Day.

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Diabetes, hypertension patients get aid from ARMM

COTABATO CITY– Residents in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) suffering from diabetes and hypertension are thankful after receiving free maintenance medicines from the region’s Department of Health (DOH-ARMM). The distribution of free medicines in the region started this month.Joery Amad, regional diabetes educator, said the medicines will help combat diabetes and hypertension – two interrelated conditions – and the complications brought about by these two illnesses.

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