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20% of Metro heart attacks due to passive smoke
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 month ago
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Philippines�Second-hand smoke causes over 20 percent of the number of heart attacks in Metro Manila, officials from the Department of Health (DoH) said on Monday. One to seven hours of weekly exposure to second-hand smoke increases the number of heart...
Tags: Francisco Duque III, heart attacks, secretary francisco, health secretary, Philippines, World Health Organization, Department of Health
Duque tops Pulse Asia survey on Cabinet members
Manila :: Philippines | 2 months ago
Credibility Health Secretary Francisco Duque III topped anew in a survey involving public approval among Cabinet members. In a Pulse Asia survey conducted in July and August this year, the public gave Duque a 51 percent approval rating. “This is very flattering...
Tags: Francisco Duque III
Court asked: Cite health chief in contempt
Manila :: Philippines | 3 months ago
Credibility Lawyer Ernesto Francisco asked the Manila City Regional Trial Branch 22 to cite in contempt Health Secretary Francisco Duque for disobeying the court's order not to come out with infomercials. Last Saturday, Duque came out with his OK-DOH-KA ads in...
Tags: Francisco Duque III
Proposal to halve drug prices for Filipinos
Manila :: Philippines | 4 months ago
Credibility The unusual collective action, which covers products that account for 10-15 per cent of the companies’ local sales, followed weeks of meetings with health officials and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over how to make medicines more affordable to Filipinos,...
Tags: essential medicines, health secretary, president gloria, secretary francisco, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Health department, Pfizer Philippines, executive order, Francisco Duque III, Department of Health
Self-quarantine by returning vacationers suggested
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility H1N1 virus during a meeting at the Philippine Overseas Labour Office. The briefing followed up on an orientation session conducted last month for the same individuals, but this time the presentation was more comprehensive and made by a Filipino nurse...
Tags: Philippines-The Department of Health, flu virus, Francisco Duque III
No more total school shutdown – DoH
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility Philippines Instead of shutting down entire schools, the Department of Health (DoH) said school officials should suspend only the specific classes and offices attended by students or personnel who have Influenza A(H1N1). The guidelines for the suspension...
Tags: vaccine, Philippines, Thailand, Department of Health, health secretary, secretary francisco, World Health Organization, Francisco Duque III, h1n1 flu, Public Health Ministry
Philippines reports 1st swine flu-related death
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility Philippines— The Philippines confirmed Monday its first swine flu-related death -- a 49-year-old woman who died from congestive heart failure but who also tested positive for the H1N1 virus. The fatality is the second in the Asia-Pacific region related...
Tags: Philippines, Department of Health, flu cases, swine flu, Francisco Duque III, health secretary, secretary francisco, old woman
Metro should brace for H1N1 spread -- DoH
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility With nearly seven in 10 A(H1N1) patients located in Metro Manila, the Department of Health (DoH) urged the public to remain vigilant as the virus is expected to spread further in the capital, especially during the rainy season. Of the 344 confirmed cases...
Tags: Department of Health, elementary schools, Valenzuela City, Metro Manila, health emergency, h1n1 cases, confirmed cases, Philippines, PhilHealth, Francisco Duque III
Optional quarantine for Miriam students
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility Ines de Guzman said. We did not cancel the classes because even if we do, there's no assurance that no one will get infected...If we suspend the classes, students will just go malling around where they can also get the virus, de Guzman said over the...
Tags: Philippines-Why, h1n1 flu, The Department of Health, Francisco Duque III, flu cases, health emergency, health secretary, tested positive, secretary francisco, confirmed cases
Philippines reports first domestic H1N1 flu cluster
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
Credibility Philippine health authorities have reported the country's first cluster of domestic H1N1 flu cases after a group of primary school students were infected in a remote northern village. Eric Tayag, chief of the National Epidemiology Center, said the "community...
Tags: Philippines-The Department of Health, health secretary, Nueva Ecija, community outbreak, Health Department, secretary francisco, Francisco Duque III
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