To strengthen sexual health education and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV, and AIDS among young people, the Puerto Princesa City Health Office (CHO), through its Social Hygiene Clinic, partnered with Roots of Health (Ugat ng Kalusugan) for a three-day...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez on Wednesday, July 24, led the groundbreaking of the P220-million Bacolod City Health Complex in Barangay 20 here. MAYOR Albee Benitez leads the groundbreaking of the P220-million Bacolod City Health Complex in Barangay 20 on Wednesday, July 24. (Photo courtesy...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded the administrators of hospitals owned by the provincial government of Camarines Norte to dispose of their medical wastes properly to safeguard people's health and the environment. The reminder, contained in COA's annual audit reports, was issued to...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) has reported three new cases of pertussis or whooping cough here, bringing the total positive cases to six. Dr. Maria Carmela Gensoli, city health officer, said the patients are all males, aged one-year-old, one-month-old, and two-months-old. The...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Provincial Health Office has reported a decrease in the number of influenza, dengue fever, typhoid fever, and acute gastroenteritis cases in this province from January 1 to 22 compared to the same period last year. Despite this downtrend, the PHO reminded the...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – The Health Services Office (HSO) here is eyeing to distribute free condoms in night establishments and drum up its information campaign to curb the drastic increase in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases. Dr. Celiaflor Brillantes, HSO officer-in-charge and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) is looking into the death of two children and the hospitalization of their sibling after reportedly eating poisonous leaves which were boiled and served by their grandmother on Monday in Barangay Maasin here. The CHO is looking into reports that the...
The Las Piñas City government said the City Health Office (CHO) offers free eye checkup and cataract surgery to eligible patients in the city. According to Mayor Imelda Aguilar said CHO’s free eye checkup and cataract surgery are part of the city’s mandate to provide aid to residents through...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The City Health Office urged Christmas carolers here to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and strictly follow the minimum public health standards. Dr. Teodulfo Joselito Retuya Jr., CHO epidemiologist, said Christmas caroling would now be allowed in this city after being...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office (CHSO) reported a dramatic increase in Covid-19 positivity rate despite the city’s being at a low risk (level 1) status. City health officer Dr. Rowena Galpo reported that the city’s Covid-19 positivity rate leapfrogged from 18.57 to 26.24 percent...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The City Health Office (CHO) has suspended some services until August 8 after two employees tested positive for Covid-19. The City Information Office (CIO) said that the issuance of health certificates and health cards, including dental services, and issuance of PWD...
DR. Teodoro Yu Jr., medical officer of the Cagayan de Oro City Health Office. (Photo courtesy of CDO CIO) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) has conducted an investigation after the Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT) of Barangay Bugo issued a certificate of quarantine...
