AGONCILLO, Batangas – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management in Health (DRRM-H) in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) on Friday, June 9, conducted a field assessment on two towns within restive Taal Volcano.
THE Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management in Health (DRRM-H)-Calabarzon conducted a field assessment on Taal Volcano in the towns of Agoncillo and Laurel in Batangas on Friday, June 9. (Photo via Danny Estacio) According to the Health Education and Promotion Unit of the Department of Health-Center of Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Calabarzon, the DRRM-H led by DOH-Calabarzon Director Dr. Ariel Valencia first visited this town and held a meeting with local officials led by Mayor Cinderella Reyes to determine the impact of the volcano’s most recent recorded activities on the health of residents and ensure their preparedness. The DOH-Calabarzon provided more than P255,000 worth of face masks, medicine, hygiene kits, and first aid kits to the local government of Agoncillo. The DRRM-H afterwards visited Laurel. Taal is under Alert Level 1 after recording high volume of sulfur dioxide emission and strong evaporation or steaming in the past few days.
THE Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management in Health (DRRM-H)-Calabarzon conducted a field assessment on Taal Volcano in the towns of Agoncillo and Laurel in Batangas on Friday, June 9. (Photo via Danny Estacio) According to the Health Education and Promotion Unit of the Department of Health-Center of Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Calabarzon, the DRRM-H led by DOH-Calabarzon Director Dr. Ariel Valencia first visited this town and held a meeting with local officials led by Mayor Cinderella Reyes to determine the impact of the volcano’s most recent recorded activities on the health of residents and ensure their preparedness. The DOH-Calabarzon provided more than P255,000 worth of face masks, medicine, hygiene kits, and first aid kits to the local government of Agoncillo. The DRRM-H afterwards visited Laurel. Taal is under Alert Level 1 after recording high volume of sulfur dioxide emission and strong evaporation or steaming in the past few days.