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                    [ArticleID] => 1528272
                    [Title] => 2 Zamboanga provinces now filariasis-free
                    [Summary] => 

Two provinces in the Zamboanga peninsula have been declared filariasis-free after almost two decades of battling the disease, a health official said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-02 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1521056 [Title] => DOH-7: Central Visayas is now free from filariasis [Summary] =>

Central Visayas is now filariasis-free.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-11 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1445650 [AuthorName] => Kristine B. Quintas/LPM [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1388304 [Title] => DOH steps up fight vs malaria, filariasis in CV [Summary] =>

The Department of Health-Central Visayas is intensifying its campaign against malaria and filariasis in the region, particularly in Barangay Nagbinlod, Santa Catalina in Negros Oriental, which was declared as a malaria endemic area.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1686668 [AuthorName] => Ria Mae Y. Booc [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1334829 [Title] => Sarangani targeted to be filariasis-free by 2018 [Summary] =>

This province is on target with eliminating filariasis by 2018.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 850766 [Title] => CELF ug DOH usa sa kampanya batok lymphatic filariasis [Summary] =>

Aron matuman ang misyon pagluwas sa nasud gikan sa sakit  nga lymphatic filariasis sa tuig 2017, ang Coalition for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)(CELF) misuporta sa programa sa Department of Health (DOH) pagsangyaw sa kasayoran bahin sa paglikay sa sakit nga LF.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1461315 [AuthorName] => Liezl M. Frasno [SectionName] => Banat Balita [SectionUrl] => balita [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 747856 [Title] => Bulate sa dugo treatment inilunsad [Summary] =>

Natukoy sa pitong bayan sa Lalawigan ng Quezon ang kaso ng filariasis kung saan ay idineklara ng Department of Health na category 1 endemic province ang lalawigan.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1520577 [AuthorName] => Michelle Zoleta [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 404599 [Title] => DOH-WV launches mass filariasis treatment [Summary] => No, it’s not just dengue fever that poses a threat to local communities. It seems that, to my astonishment, the ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136001 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708470 [AuthorName] => Rolly Espina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365563 [Title] => C. Mindanao folk face risk of filariasis [Summary] => KORONADAL CITY — Officials of the Department of Health have expressed alarm over a scientific study showing that four provinces of Central Mindanao are now considered lymphatic filariasis-endemic areas.

Worse, more than two million people living in the 45 towns and five cities of Sarangani, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato face risk of infection, said Dr. Abdullah Dumama Jr., DOH regional director.

Dumama led yesterday’s launch of the Filariasis Awareness and Elimination Campaign at the Provincial Technology Center here.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 361877 [Title] => DOH to conduct mass treatment of filariasis [Summary] => The Department of Health will be conducting a mass treatment of lymphatic filariasis in communities and schools in accordance with the observance of the Filariasis Treatment Month.

With the issuance of an order coming from the office of the Malacañang, DOH is assigned lead agency in the conduct of the mass treatment where they will be using a combination of Diethylcarbamazine citrate and Albendazole as its main strategy for the elimination of filariasis in the community.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184778 [Title] => Mag-ingat sa filariasis [Summary] => KAPAG nakakita kayo ng taong ga-elepante ang paa at binti at parang may luslos dahil sa paglaki ng bayag, sila ay may filariasis. Tinatawag din itong elephantiasis. Ayon sa report ng Department of Health (DOH) umaabot na sa 3,000 tao ang maysakit na filariasis sa Pilipinas.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133168 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804725 [AuthorName] => Cielito Mahal Del Mundo [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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