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*Source: http:// | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1611332659940 | ||
*Sunday 25th of March 2012 | |||
:by (DED/PIA12) | |||
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mar. 25 (PIA) -- The increase in the number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases in Soccsksargen may be a positive development according to the Department of Health (DOH). | |||
Regional data of the National TB Program released by DOH Region 12 on Friday indicated that in 2011, the region had 8,012 TB cases, which is higher than the 7,895 cases in 2010 and 6,801 cases in 2009. | |||
“The increase in the reported number of cases does not necessarily mean accretion in the TB cases in the region,” Dr. Marlyn Convocar, the new director of DOH 12, told local reporters. | |||
“This could possibly mean improvement in our reporting system and an increase of patients seeking treatment with government health facilities because of our campaign and with the help of the media to encourage the public to seek help against the disease,” she said. | |||
Dr. Amebella Taruc, regional TB program manager also reasoned that the increase in TB cases also translates to improved awareness of the public regarding the services provided by government health centers for TB treatment. | |||
“People have become aware that health centers are now capable of providing quality TB services,” she said. | |||
“What is more positive about this is that these 8,000 patients with TB have received treatment.” | |||
According to the 2011 TB cases report, Soccsksargen region has a cure rate of 82.2 percent. | |||
Convocar, however, explained the data on the cure rate was still incomplete. | |||
“Reports on the cure rate from Sultan Kudarat are still not available,” she said. “Once the report is completed, I am sure that we have achieved more compared to the 85 percent target set by the World Health Organization.” | |||
Sultan Kudarat reported only 66.66 percent cure rate, the lowest in the region. Cotabato reported a cure rate of 97 percent while South Cotabato reported a cure rate of 88 percent. | |||
In accordance to the celebration of the World TB day yesterday, March 24, health officials reiterated their call to persons who suspect of TB infection to seek immediate treatment. | |||
Taruc pointed out that all health centers in the regions, even the rural health unit in villages are capable of administering TB treatment. | |||
“All of our health units are supplied with complete medicines for the treatment of TB. These medicines are absolutely free,” Taruc emphasized. “We have also established microscopy centers in many locations.” | |||
Patients who need x-ray services are also being referred by rural health units to government health facilities, she said. | |||
This year’s World TB Day carries the slogan, “Stop TB in my lifetime.” | |||
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==2-hour rotational brownout in Mindanao to last until April== | |||
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/03/24/2-hour-rotational-brownout-mindanao-last-until-april-212969 | |||
*Saturday, March 24, 2012 | |||
:by (Sunnex) | |||
THE power load curtailment of the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II) in General Santos City, some parts of South Cotabato and Sarangani Province will last until April. | |||
The two-hour rotational brownout started last March 05 and will last until April 1. | |||
In its Socoteco II advisory, the electric cooperative based the rotational brownout on the power advisory released by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines saying that the Mindanao grid is on red alert status due to generation deficiency. | |||
==DENR, LGU-Maitum to boost ecotourism== | ==DENR, LGU-Maitum to boost ecotourism== | ||