Blog Posts on department of health (doh)

Department of Health (DOH) releases Healthy Tips for the Holidays by The Nursing Department on Dec 15, 2011The health chief enumerated twelve ways of ensuring a healthy and stress-free holiday season. Ona encouraged everyone to:1) Prepare early, avoid the Christmas rush to prevent stress (Maghanda nang maaga para sa makahulugan na Kapaskuhan upang ang Str...

Global Handwashing Day Philippines 2011 – A Nationwide Celebration of How “Clean Hands Save Lives” by The Nursing Department on Oct 17, 2011This October 15, 2011 marked the 4th anniversary of Global Handwashing Day (GHD) in the Philippines where GHD partners Procter & Gamble (P&G), UNICEF, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Health (DOH) continued to stress...

Government agencies launch community-based approach to control dengue by on Sep 9, 2011In an intensified campaign to fight dengue, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Environment and Natural Resour...

Government agencies launch community-based approach to control dengue by on Sep 9, 2011In an intensified campaign to fight dengue, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Environment and Natural Resour...

Scarlet Fever Outbreak in Hong Kong Alarms the DOH by The Nursing Department on Jun 23, 2011The Hong Kong government has declared an outbreak of the disease called “Scarlet Fever.” The said illness usually afffects children 10 years old and below.It is characterized by sore throat, fever, bright red tongue with a “strawberry” appear...

Oriental Mindoro hospital opens Friday by Adventure Mindoro on May 1, 2011Residents of Oriental Mindoro province would have better access to health care with the opening Friday of the new provincial hospital, the Oriental Mindoro Medical Center, in this city.Governor Alfonso V. Umali Jr. said the province could now offer b...

Philippine Spring Cleaning Day by Marriage and Beyond on Apr 30, 2011Believe it or not, there is now such a thing as Philippine Spring Cleaning Day and it is happening on May 11, 2011, coinciding with our unico hijo’s 6th birthday. Spring Cleaning to begin with, may not sound so local as it is. Spring, being non...

DOH releases funds for Oriental Mindoro hospitals by Adventure Mindoro on Apr 13, 2011The Department of Health (DOH) released a total of P232 million allocation to beef up the funds needed for the completion of all satellite hospitals in Oriental Mindoro.The funds also included the completion of the newly-constructed Oriental Mindoro...

It’s safe to eat pork, says DOH-8 regional surveillance unit by San Juanico Bulletin on May 21, 2009MAASIN CITY — A ranking personnel of the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Department of Health (DOH) Region 8 Office declared that even in the current state of global pandemic caused by the influenza A H1N1 virus, it is safe t...

Meningococcemia is easy to teminate, says DOH by San Juanico Bulletin on Apr 20, 2009TACLOBAN CITY — The news that an 8-year old child from Capoocan, Leyte died at the EVRMC recently, allegedly suspected to be due to Meningococcemia, is an eye opener not only to health service providers but to everyone to continue to inform the...