Today is World TB Day. But who cares about tuberculosis, a deadly and infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria? While it used to be alarming, it appears now that the disease is no longer a cause for concern as far as the public is concerned. Probably, this complacent...
The Las Piñas City Health Office (CHO) conducted free x-ray examinations on city residents aimed at detecting cases of pulmonary tuberculosis on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said she and Vice- Mayor April Aguilar initiated the project to ensure that city residents are free from...
The Department of Health (DOH) lauded the Las Piñas City government for developing and implementing anti-tuberculosis initiatives which contributed to the attainment of National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP) targets. According to Mayor Imelda Aguilar, the DOH conferred the city government...
House Senior Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo used the recent "Ending Tuberculosis" forum in Davos, Switzerland to highlight her past administration’s success in controlling the deadly disease. House Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (5th from right) speaks...
House Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has praised President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. before an international panel for having the "political vision" to fight deadly diseases other than Covid-19, particularly tuberculosis. Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (left) and...
House Senior Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the Philippines can apply lessons learned from handling the nightmare that is the Covid-19 pandemic in the fight against another deadly disease--tuberculosis. Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Arroyo had this...
DOH President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. stressed the importance of checking on other health issues that the country is facing aside from Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Dec. 6. This was the instruction of Marcos to the DOH during a meeting on Tuesday, said DOH...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday, Aug. 22, was all praises for the strong partnership between the Philippines and the United States (US) in the fight against tuberculosis. House Speaker Martin Romualdez speaks during the launch of the National Lung Month celebration at the House of...
The Las Piñas City government launched the Chest X-Ray on Wheels as part of Mayor Imelda Aguilar’s “Tuloy Tuloy na Serbisyo sa Pangkalusugan” for the residents. The Chest X-Ray on Wheels will go around the city’s 20 barangays to give residents free X-ray procedures. It has already served...
The Pasig City Health Department will be offering free chest x-ray services to citizens from Monday, April 18 to Friday, April 22, as part of the active case finding (ACF) initiative for early detection of tuberculosis (TB) in the city. ACF will enable the local health department to conduct more...
In the observance of World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, the Mandaluyong City local government launched on Tuesday, March 22, its free chest x-ray service to its employees in support of the Department of Health's (DOH) campaign to fight tuberculosis (TB). (Photo from Mayor Menchie Abalos' Facebook)...
Southeast Asian nations unite to fight ‘other pandemic’–tuberculosis As daily life around the world continues to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people remain unaware that we are “missing millions” of individuals to another, less prominent pandemic: tuberculosis (TB). Luckily,...
