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                    [ArticleID] => 1513555
                    [Title] => Fewer mothers in Central Visayas submit newborn to screening - DOH
                    [Summary] => 

Compliance rate for newborn screening in Central Visayas is reportedly low, prompting the Department of Health to continue its information dissemination, stressing the importance of such screening to the child.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-21 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1258136 [Title] => UP cites Makati City for excellent newborn screening program [Summary] =>

The National Institute for Health of the University of the Philippines-Manila has cited Makati City's excellent implementation of its newborn screening program.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-18 11:33:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741462 [Title] => DOH eyes expansion of screening program [Summary] =>

The Department of Health-7 is pushing for the expansion of the newborn screening program to ensure early diagnosis and treatment of possible serious diseases among infants in Central Visayas.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1333920 [AuthorName] => Garry B. Lao [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 564065 [Title] => Promoting newborn screening [Summary] =>

For developed countries, newborn screening has been regarded as one of the most successful public health prevention programs.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 412352 [Title] => DOH to step up newborn screening drive [Summary] =>

The Department of Health (DOH) will intensify efforts to improve newborn screening (NBS) services in the country, saying ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 63944 [Title] => Newborn screening law only means extra income for doctors – Bullecer [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303596 [Title] => Parents urged to have babies checked for metabolic disorder [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) has again called on parents to submit their newborn infants to newborn screening (NBS) to detect any congenital metabolic disorder that they might have.

According to DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III, some 33,000 Filipino babies are born each year with such disorders but their parents are not aware of it.

Duque said through NBS, the condition of the infants could immediately be known and proper treatment could be applied.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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