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                    [ArticleID] => 1503889
                    [Title] => DOH eyes deworming for pregnant women
                    [Summary] => 

The Department of Health (DOH) is studying the possibility of implementing a deworming program for pregnant women, saying some 1.3 million of them are suffering from soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) or intestinal worms.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-25 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20150926/pregnant-women-1.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390376 [Title] => DepEd regional heads told to intensify deworming [Summary] => Department of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus instructed DepEd regional directors and school health officials to intensify its deworming program in public schools throughout the country.

"We recognize the impact of health and nutrition on the learning ability of our students," Lapus said, "aside from the potentially debilitating health hazards of intestinal worm infections on our children, it too prevents them from fully participating in school and from gaining the maximum benefits of education."
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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