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==Provincial gov't renews call for rabies vaccination== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=57139 | |||
*Sunday, October 02, 2011 | |||
:by Dani Doguiles | |||
KORONADAL CITY, Oct. 2 (PIA) -- Officials of South Cotabato's Provincial Veterinary Office (PVet) have renewed their call to residents of the province to have their pet dogs vaccinated against rabies. | |||
PVet conducted mass vaccination and castration in T'boli town on Wednesday to celebrate the World Rabies Awareness Day but only six of its 27 barangays have supported the activity. | |||
From January to June, three residents in the municipality died of rabies. | |||
Provincial health officials also searched for at least 40 individuals in the area who killed and ate a suspected rabid dog for their post exposure prophylaxis to prevent more deaths due to rabies. | |||
Dr. Lorna Lamorena has also called on barangay officials to encourage their constituents to support the campaign to rid the province of the fatal virus. | |||
She said they only charge a fee of P10 for each shot of anti rabies vaccine. | |||
She added the amount is very minimal as compared to the cost of treatment which could amount at least P16,000 once a person is exposed to the virus. | |||
Death cannot be avoided once rabies virus has attacked the nervous system, Lamorena pointed out. | |||
A report from the provincial epidemiology and surveillance unit said that South Cotabato government has already spent more than P9 million for anti-rabies vaccines since 2009. | |||
Of the said amount P2.7 million were spent this year to prevent the escalation of the recent spate of rabies incidents in the province. | |||
This year, rabies has been listed among the top ten diseases in South Cotabato. (PIA 12) | |||
==Former rebels, sympathizers to receive livelihood assistance from DA, Philippine Army== | ==Former rebels, sympathizers to receive livelihood assistance from DA, Philippine Army== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=57058 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=57058 | ||
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Bravo said his troops are concentrating on the mountain villages in the boundaries of Columbio, Matanao and Magsaysay in Davao del Sur and Makilala in North Cotabato because NPA rebels are still operating in the area. | Bravo said his troops are concentrating on the mountain villages in the boundaries of Columbio, Matanao and Magsaysay in Davao del Sur and Makilala in North Cotabato because NPA rebels are still operating in the area. | ||
He confirmed that NPA’s Front 72 has a guerrilla troop of less than 50 members in the area but added that their influence in the communities has already diminished after they intensified their peace and development outreach programs in communities known to have been controlled or influenced by the rebel group. (PIA 12) | He confirmed that NPA’s Front 72 has a guerrilla troop of less than 50 members in the area but added that their influence in the communities has already diminished after they intensified their peace and development outreach programs in communities known to have been controlled or influenced by the rebel group. (PIA 12) | ||
==DOST 12 sets up 3 Automated Weather Stations== | ==DOST 12 sets up 3 Automated Weather Stations== | ||