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[Title] => Gov't hiring 22,500 nurses for deployment to rural areas
[Summary] => The government intends to spend up to P2.8 billion next year to hire and deploy 22,500 nurses, 4,379 midwives and 131 physicians under the expanded Doctors to the Barrio and Rural Health Practices Program, a lawmaker said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2012-09-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[ArticleID] => 606232
[Title] => PhilHealth reiterates TB benefit package
[Summary] => In the wake of recent reports on the state of tuberculosis (TB) control in the country, PhilHealth-7 reminds members of its benefit package for TB treatment.
[DatePublished] => 2010-08-27 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Cebu News
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[ArticleID] => 358052
[Title] => Importance of childhood TB diagnosis underscored
[Summary] => The Philippines continues to register a high incidence of tuberculosis and this, according to local experts on TB, is due to a number of factors.
Like heart disease and hypertension, tuberculosis is highly prevalent in the Philippines, affecting both adults and children. What makes tuberculosis a cause for concern for the medical community is the public’s lack of knowledge of childhood TB, its diagnosis, and medication.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[ArticleID] => 262998
[Title] => Rising TB cases among soldiers alarm DOH
[Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed alarm over the rising cases of tuberculosis among members of the Armed Forces. In 2003, 833 soldiers tested positive for the respiratory illness.
"I am scared. We are worried the positivity rate (of TB) in the military is so big and (soldiers) are supposed to be fit," said Health Undersecretary Antonio Lopez during the 11th annual convention of the Philippine Coalition Against TB last Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-29 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804896
[AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo
[SectionName] => Nation
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[ArticleID] => 218871
[Title] => TB patients cautioned vs self-medication
[Summary] => Tuberculosis patients should not to resort to self-medication, otherwise they risk developing resistance to anti-TB drugs.
This was stressed by Jose Ibarra Angeles, communications adviser of the Philippine Tuberculosis Initiatives for the Private Sector (PhilTIPS), who added that TB carriers should consult proper health authorities in treating their illness and thus ensure their early recovery.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-28 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804896
[AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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[Title] => TB No.1 killer pa rin sa Pilipinas, 75 katao namamatay araw-araw
[Summary] => Walong taon mula nang ipatupad ng pamahalan ang paraang paggagamot sa tuberculosis (TB)na inirekomenda ng World Health Organizations, mataas pa rin ag bilang ng mga Pilipinong nagtataglay ng nasabing sakit at tinatayang may 75 katao ang namamatay sa TB araw-araw sa Pilipinas.
Ayon sa Department of Health, ikaapat ang TB sa mga pangunahing sanhi ng pagkamatay ng mga Pilipino at ikaanim sa mga pangunahing sanhi ng sakit sa bansa. Ikapito rin ang Pilipinas sa buong mundo sa dami ng populasyong may TB at ikalawa naman sa Western Pacific region ng WHO.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-16 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Bansa
[SectionUrl] => bansa
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[ArticleID] => 209657
[Title] => TB still a serious problem in RP
[Summary] => Eight years after the Philippine health system adopted a tuberculosis treatment method considered most effective by the World Health Organization, the disease remains prevalent in the country, claiming an average 75 lives daily.
According to the Department of Health (DOH), TB is still the fourth leading cause of death among Filipinos and ranks sixth among the leading causes of illnesses in the country. In terms of the number of TB cases, the Philippines is seventh worldwide and second in the Western Pacific.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-11 00:00:00
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[Title] => TB kills 75 Filipinos daily
[Summary] => BAGUIO CITY — Tuberculosis is killing 75 Filipinos daily, even with the adoption eight years ago of a treatment considered the most effective by the World Health Organization (WHO), a non-government organization said.
The Reach Out Foundation International, quoting Department of Health (DOH) reports, said 200 out of every 100,000 Filipinos are TB-positive.
There are about 250,000 new TB cases reported every year, two-thirds of whom do not seek professional treatment, the foundation said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804891
[AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao
[SectionName] => Nation
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[ArticleID] => 190079
[Title] => Coping with tuberculosis
[Summary] => Everyday, we hear of people suffering from dreaded sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS or other fearsome illnesses like hepatitis and typhoid fever. One suffers not just from the physical burden of the disease but along with it comes a social stigma. Take the case of tuberculosis.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-02 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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