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==Indigent children get free dental services== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=741331791762 | |||
*Thursday 15th of March 2012 | |||
:by Luis T. Cueto | |||
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, March 15 (PIA) -- The City Health and Sanitation Department (CHSD) has recently conducted a dental outreach program to 300 indigent children from Barangay Navotas. | |||
The outreach program was dubbed as ‘Fit for School Program,’ with the theme “Ngiting Matamis, Ngiping Malilinis, Dala ay Pag-asa, Tunay na Ligaya,” and targets to promote oral health care among daycare children. | |||
The program aims to educate and promote healthy behavior among daycare children and eventually encourage them to act as advocates in their own homes and influence their family to practice proper hygienic routines such as regular hand washing with soap and brushing of teeth. | |||
City Mayor Doy Leachon commended the organizers of the dental outreach program and expressed hope that through the program, there will be a significant reduction in absenteeism among children in school and greatly improves their school performance. | |||
With the warm welcome and high participation of people in the community, Leachon, vowed to organize more medical and dental missions this year, especially in far-flung barangays. | |||
The event was also attended by city health officer Dr. Basilisa M. Llanto and city dentist Dr. Simonette Dalisay, who said that the program is considered one of the most important activities of the dental section of CHSD, since it highlighted oral hygiene and dental health as significant in promoting the general well-being of every individual, especially children. (LBR/LTC-PIA4B Calapan) | |||
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*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=786411 | *Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=786411 | ||