HEALTH

KORONADAL CITY -- Mayor Dibu Tuan ofT’boli, South Cotabato has appealed to his constituents who fell victims to possible food poisoning but did not avail of medication to see government health workers.Speaking over DXOM Radyo Bida, Tuan said he learned that there were residents of Purok Bliss, Barangay Poblacion, T'boli who suffered symptoms of food poisoning but opted not to show up at a hospital, hoping to recover and normalize soon.But Tuan said it is best for those who have participated in the protest against aerial spraying in Surallah to see health workers.At least 24 rally participan

KORONADAL CITY - A breastfeeding station will soon be establishedat the South Cotabato provincial capitol building to make the government facility baby-friendly.Nancy Aguilar, nutrition program coordinator of South Cotabato Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), told DXOM-AM Koronadalsaid the project will also help promote breastfeeding as healthy practice among mothers.Aguilar said the project is underway.She said it was in compliance with theExpanded
Breast Feeding Promotion Act of 2009.

KORONADAL CITY - The day-long deworming in public schools in South Cotabatohas been generally orderly and smooth, education officials said.Dr.

BULUAN, Maguindanao-- Centuries-old food fallacies hound the government’s health and nutrition programs in Maguindanao and other southern provinces.Officials, among them physician Tato Usman and Maguidanao Gov.

COTABATO CITY – Health officials in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) today said deworming of public school students went on smoothly.However, it wastemporarily suspended following reports of
confusion over its use and implications to pupils.

ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) -– At least 228 schoolchildren were downed on Wednesday in the different parts of Region 9 due to adverse effect” of deworming tablet.The Department of Health (DOH) conducted today simultaneous deworming of children in public schools nationwide in line with the agency's National Deworming Day project. (Health Sec. Janette Garin, in a late evening news, said a text brigade triggered confusion in a town inZamboanga del Norte. She said there were few complaints of stomach pain but it was due to huge amount of worms that were affected by the tablet.

KORONADAL CITY - A new food menu full of nutrients has been discovered and supported by the provincial nutrition office, an official said today.Speaking over DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal,Ma. Ana Uy, South Cotabato nutrition officer, said the new menu will help address malnutrition among children in the province.The menu ingredients are common in the countryside, especially among indigenous communities. It is known as creamy Sapamal.

COTABATO CITY - A regional health official in Region 12 has appealed to parents to remind children not to take raw food and stop patronizing street food.Speaking over DXMS Madam Public Service program, Dr.

MAKILALA, North Cotabato -- All pet owners herewill be required to register their pets once a local ordinance is approved, a town official said today.Town Vice Mayor Ricky Cua told DXND Radyo Bida that the proposed ordinance, to be called Municipal Pet Ordinance,is now on its third and final reading of the town Council.Authored byCouncilor Pedro Ang, his proposed ordanance aims to amed Ordinance No.

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna (PNA) -- A total of 172 pupils of Real Elementary School in this city were brought to various hospitals here today when they vomited and complained of stomach aches after eating cupcakes and ice candy.School principal Marivic Calderon said there was a scheduled activity of the Haribon Foundation on biodiversity and climate change (Biodiversity on Wheels) that include storytelling, film showing and learning sessions to Grades I to Grade VI pupils from 8and00 a.m.