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==DOH’s 'Health Bus' to visit South Cotabato in Sept.== | |||
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51432 | |||
*Sunday, August 28, 2011 | |||
:by Jerome Carlo R. Paunan | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Aug. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Health’s (DOH) "Health Bus" is set to visit the province of South Cotabato next month to help promote various health services and rally for support among local governments for the implementation of more sustainable health initiatives in the area. | |||
In a statement released over the weekend, the DOH said its "Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan" (LBK) bus and exhibit will make a stopover on September 22 to 23 in T’boli town as part of its ongoing tour in Mindanao. | |||
It said the LBK bus and exhibit will mainly highlight the promotion of health services on pre-natal care, child health, and nutrition as well as family health care. | |||
The health bus will also secure commitment from local chief executives and local health officials for the operation and sustenance of their own health services and mobile health events, he said. | |||
The DOH said the LBK bus is targeting to cater to some 2,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women, couples with children aged five years-old and below, fathers and young couples or 500 families in 10 far-flung barangays of Tboli town. | |||
Once the bus arrives, it said a welcome caravan will be held along with its tour of the area to announce the event. | |||
The bus will make its stop in Barangay Aflek in T’boli for the launching of a two-day health festival in the area. | |||
It said the agency's health promotion campaign would be staged in a fiesta-like mode to encourage citizens’ participation. | |||
The LBK bus is equipped with customized consultation and examination clinics and a health promotion area for interactive exhibits, health classes, storytelling sessions, and entertainment shows, it added. | |||
South Cotabato will be the third destination of the LBK, which is being supported by the United States Agency for International Development and the DOH‘s National Center for Health Promotion, after its initial runs in Bukidnon and Compostela Valley Province.(DOH/RJB/JCP-PIA NCR) | |||
==6 OFWs from Region 12 stranded in Syria== | ==6 OFWs from Region 12 stranded in Syria== | ||
*Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/08/27/6-ofws-from-region-12-stranded-in-syria/ | *Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/08/27/6-ofws-from-region-12-stranded-in-syria/ | ||