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==DOH 12 to intensify campaign on TB in children== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1611332825665 | |||
*Tuesday 27th of March 2012 | |||
:by Danilo E. Doguiles | |||
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 27 (PIA) -- Health officials in Soccsksargen Region or Region 12 plan to strengthen its campaign on the identification and treatment of children affected by TB. | |||
Data released by the Department of Health-12 (DOH) during the World TB Day celebration on Saturday indicate that of the 8,012 TB cases in the region in 2011, 801 were children below 15 years. | |||
Dr. Arlene Taruc, regional TB program manager, however, said cases of children with TB could be higher than the reported 9.5 percent of the total TB cases in the region if all of the actual cases of children with TB were covered. | |||
DOH-12 Regional Director Marlyn Convocar admitted that the agency as well as a the public should give more attention on tuberculosis among children. | |||
Besides their regular information drive, Dr. Convocar also asked the media to help inform the public of this important concern. | |||
“We have to remember that when their parents, relatives, or helpers have TB, most likely the children also have TB,” she said. | |||
Coughs among children who had contact with TB patients, she said, should not be taken for granted. So, when the adult TB patient goes to the health center for their regular treatment, children should also be brought along for testing, she added. | |||
“In this way, we will be able to control the illness at an earlier stage and prevent the development of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB,” she said. | |||
“All our health units have a treatment regimen for TB in children. Medicines, as well as doctors’ services, are free.” | |||
One of the 28 MDR-TB patients being treated at the Programmatic Multi-Drug Resistant (PMDT) Treatment Center at the Koronadal City Health Office is only 17 years old. | |||
Dr. Taruc further explained that children are particularly vulnerable to the diseases because their contact with other people as well as fellow school children who may be carriers of the mycobacterium tuberculei organism are not always monitored. | |||
Dr. Taruc added that the had already informed barangay health workers to intensify their campaign on TB in children in their respective areas. | |||
DOH is also encouraging creation of barangay health teams to reach out to at least 100 families; their work includes close monitoring of residents with TB. (DED-PIA 12) | |||
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*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=415413 | *Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=415413 | ||
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“This process has been widely appreciated by the respective tribal and barangay council leaders of affected communities, and for them to communicate this to their community members,” he said. | “This process has been widely appreciated by the respective tribal and barangay council leaders of affected communities, and for them to communicate this to their community members,” he said. | ||
==Increase in TB cases may mean improved reporting system - DOH-12== | ==Increase in TB cases may mean improved reporting system - DOH-12== | ||