Philippines 2011-12: Typhoid

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Re: Philippines 2011-12: Typhoid - 4 die from typhoid in Cebu

Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local...lutions-209689

Officials declare calamity to hasten typhoid solutions
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

CEBU CITY -- Municipal lawmakers declared a state of calamity Monday in Tuburan town and approved the quick release of P1.4 million to help keep typhoid fever from spreading.

The outbreak claimed its fourth casualty so far, 22-year-old Kevin Hernani of Barangay Carmelo. But local officials said the number of new hospital admissions is dropping...

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Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local...typhoid-209922

Nearly 1,000 show signs of typhoid
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

CEBU CITY -- The number of suspected typhoid fever cases in Tuburan town, northwest Cebu Province has risen to more than 800 patients, said a Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas official.

The Province?s count is even higher, with Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) chief Dr. Cristina Giango saying Tuesday there were 999 suspected typhoid cases, including outpatients.

Neighboring towns, the Provincial Government and line agencies are pitching in to contain the outbreak -- from cleaning up the water supply to distributing medicine, relief goods and pledges to pay for hospital bills.
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Tuburan officials requested eight multicabs to reach the barangays faster, said Provincial General Services Office (PGSO) Bernard Calderon. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia immediately arranged Tuesday a turnover Thursday, not only of vehicles, but of additional relief goods...

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Re: Philippines 2011-12: Typhoid - 5 die from typhoid in Cebu

Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local...-victim-210292

No more typhoid outbreak; disease claims new victim
By Jill B. Tatoy and Rizel S. Adlawan

Friday, March 9, 2012

TYPHOID fever claimed another life yesterday, making 26-year-old Rosalie Gracia the fifth casualty of the outbreak in the midwestern town of Tuburan, Cebu.

Dr. Cristina Giango, head of the Integrated Provincial Health Office (Ipho), pointed out that Gracia, a resident of Barangay Kabangkalan, also suffered from renal disease and sepsis.

Gracia died at 11:30 a.m. at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City.

Tuburan Mayor Democrito Diamante, however, said typhoid cases in the town are under control...

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Typhoid cases slow down in Tuburan
Cebu Daily News
7:34 am | Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Typhoid fever cases reached the 1,000 mark, but health authorities said the rate of is declining as more patients are discharged from Tuburan?s district hospital.

Dr. Expedito Medalla, health and emergency management staff coordinator of the Department of health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), said outpatient admissions went down in the hospital since Wednesday.

?The cases are down trending,? he said.

Since yesterday, they recorded 1,089 suspected cases of typhoid fever in Tuburan.

Five patients have died since the outbreak was declared last week. At least 213 cases alone were recorded in Tuburan District Hospital.

Medalla said they already discharged 102 patients since yesterday.

Results of stool, blood sample and water testing are expected next week...

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Re: Philippines 2011-12: Typhoid - 5 die from typhoid in Cebu

Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local...orts-11-210737

Tuburan typhoid cases down, but Alegria reports 11
Monday, March 12, 2012

CEBU CITY -- Even as the Province of Cebu is trying to fight the typhoid menace in the town of Tuburan, another 11 reported cases surfaced in Alegria town.

Seven children were brought to Reinhard Wirtgen Memorial Hospital, while the four were rushed to the nearby Malabuyoc District Hospital last Friday...

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Re: Philippines 2011-12: Typhoid - 5 die from typhoid in Cebu

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?Three suspected typhoid cases in Malabuyoc town?
Cebu Daily News
8:24 am | Wednesday, March 14th, 2012


AFTER the outbreak in Tuburan, the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) admitted there are three suspected typhoid fever cases in Malabuyoc District Hospital.

Dr. Cristina Giango, IPHO head, said the patients showed signs and symptoms of typhoid fever.

She asked the Rural Health Unit (RHU) in the town to check where these patients came from to determine if there are other similar cases in the area.

But Giango said they had yet to confirm if the cases in Alegria town were indeed typhoid fever.

At least 11 suspected victims ages between 5 and 18 and mostly children from barangays Legaspi and Poblacion of Alegria were brought to a local hospital after showing signs of typhoid fever.

But Giango said she has not received reports from the municipal health office confirming that these were cases of typhoid fever.

In Tuburan, cases have gone down as of yesterday...

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Re: Philippines 2011-12: Typhoid - 5 die from typhoid in Cebu

Tuburan typhoid cases reach 830
Posted by Online on Mar 15th, 2012


Philippines ? Typhoid fever cases in the villages of Cogon and Poblacion in the municipality of Tuburan in Cebu City have reached 830, latest count from the Department of Health (DoH) covering the period February 13 to March 11 said.
?We cannot yet declare that it is already contained?it usually takes six to eight weeks before a situation like this is contained?right now, we are looking at long-term solutions,? DoH Assistant Secretary Dr. Eric Tayag said in an interview.

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http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/tuburan-typhoid-cases-reach-830/#.T2HJjcWe2x4

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Re: Philippines 2011-12: Typhoid -suspected outbreak in Tacloban

Source: http://www.bworldonline.com/content....loban&id=50772


Posted on April 27, 2012 06:48:43 PM
Typhoid fever downs 100 in Tacloban

TACLOBAN CITY -- Around 100 residents of the town of Maydolong in Eastern Samar have fallen ill from suspected typhoid fever, Department of Health (DoH) officials here said.
Roderick Boyd S. Cerro, DoH-8 regional sentinel nurse, said most of those suspected to have contracted the disease were from Barangay Maybucog...

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Typhoid downs 100 in Samar
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EASTERN SAMAR, Philippines ? At least 100 residents of Barangay Maybucog Maydulong, Eastern Samar, have been hospitalized due to typhoid fever since last week, the Department of Health (DoH) 8 said yesterday.
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http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/typhoid-downs-100-in-samar/#.T5-2RLP5u8A

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Re: Philippines 2011-12: Typhoid -suspected outbreak in Tacloban

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Typhoid fever hits 144 in E. Samar town

ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 05/02/2012 4:01 PM | Updated as of 05/02/2012 4:01 PM


MANILA, Philippines ? Local health officials have declared a typhoid fever outbreak in Maydolong town, Eastern Samar after at least 144 residents were afflicted with the disease.

The patients suffered from headache, recurring fever, stomach pain and either constipation or diarrhea that lasted for several days.

The rural health unit in the town said 30 patients remain confined at the hospital. Most of the patients were children aged 5 to 9.
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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/05/02/12/typhoid-fever-hits-144-e-samar-town

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Re: Philippines 2011-12: Typhoid -suspected outbreak in Tacloban

146 cases of suspected typhoid under surveillance
By Alicia F. Nicart
Tuesday 8th of May 2012 TweetFacebookYahooEmailShareThis BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 8 (PIA) -- The local government of Maydolong confirmed that 146 cases of suspected cases of typhoid fever are now under surveillance.

Twenty of these cases have been brought to the provincial hospital due to high fever and diarrhea. The other patients are in their respective houses and are being closely monitored by local health workers.

According to Henry Afable, Maydolong mayor, the affected individuals come from the seven poblacion barangays and barangay Maybocog that depend on the Balalong Spring for their water sources.

The mayor confessed that in the early years, the water source was pure and safe for human consumption. In later years, however, due to local migration, the new residents have tainted the purity of the water. Admittedly, Afable said, these residents could not just be automatically uprooted.

?We cannot do that because the land is privately owned and they have put up their respective comfort rooms,? Afable reported.

According to him, the comfort rooms have contributed to the big bacteria count of the water source.

Although the problem has long been in existence, the situation lately has become unwieldy.

To address the problem, Afable said that, he has instructed health workers of his municipality to inform barangay folks to boil their drinking water since water treatment facility and chlorination is inadequate.

Secondly, he convened the Sangguniang Bayan of Maydolong LGU, so they could declare a ?local state of calamity,? so they can access their Quick Response Fund (QRF) of P1.3 million. A portion of the Fund is available which will enable them to buy a P140,000 hypo-chlorinator which could purify water to desired concentration. The other amount would be spent for the purchase of medicines, he added.

As of press time however, Mayor Afable happily reported, that no typhoid cases had so far been reported, and yesterday, only two show symptoms of the disease.

?This could be a sign, that the outbreak is now declining,? the hopeful Mayor revealed. (EOPT/aen-PIA 8, Eastern Samar)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1231336025425

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DOH-EV acts to contain typhoid fever outbreak
By Aurora J. Casimpan
Wednesday 9th of May 2012 TweetFacebookYahooEmailShareThis TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 9 (PIA) -- The quick action of the Department of Health (DOH) in Eastern Visayas in addressing the typhoid fever outbreak in Maydolong, Eastern Samar stopped the disease from spreading further.

DOH-8 regional director Jaime Bernadas reported that the office quickly sent a team to the town where chlorine was provided in the treatment of contaminated drinking water source. Stricken residents were also treated by the team.

Residents from the 12 barangays of the town were urged by the health department to always observe proper hygiene in handling their food and in the proper garbage disposal to avoid contamination of the typhoid fever disease. The importance of having sanitary toilets was also emphasized by the health department as oral fecal mode is one of the ways in getting the disease.

DOH reported that in their monitoring of the disease, first tracked in March 12 this year, 114 people from the town?s 12 villages were confirmed sick with typhoid fever, though only 27 of those sick were treated in the hospital.

It was confirmed that no death occurred among those stricken with the disease.

Among the barangays of the town that posted the highest number of typhoid cases was the village of Maybocog, which posted 46 cases; Barangay 4 with 20 cases; Barangay 3 with 11 cases and Barangay 5 with eight cases.

The town?s source of drinking water came from Brgy. Mybocog, which explains the most number of typhoid cases coming from the village of Maybocog.

Continuous monitoring of the disease has yielded no new case of the disease aside from the 114 cases reported earlier. (ldl/ajc/IA-8)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1151336457054

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Contaminated water causes Typhoid outbreak in Maydolong town
By Alicia F. Nicart
Monday 21st of May 2012
BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 21 (PIA) -- A contaminated water source was cited as one reason for the suspected typhoid fever outbreak in some barangays of Maydolong town, a few weeks past.

This was revealed in a ?preliminary report? sent to mayor Henry Afable by a study team from the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), National Epidemiology Center of the Department of Health, Manila.

To recall, an April 30 report had it, that there were 177 suspected typhoid fever cases, who came from 10 barangays: Maybocog had 77 suspected cases); Brgy. 4 had 26 cases; Brgy. 3 had 17 cases; Brgy. 5 had 11 cases; Brgy. 1 has 10. In Brgy. Canloterio, there were eight reported suspected cases. Brgy. 6 had six reported cases. Brgy. 2, 7 and San Gabriel had four cases each. Of this number, 44 were admitted in hospitals, of which 12 turned out to be positive for typhoid test, but no death however was recorded.

On May 11, 2012, the team aforementioned, headed by Julius Erving D. Ballera, RN(FETP Fellow) conducted an epidemiologic investigation to verify the existence of an outbreak, identify the source and mode of transmission and determine the risk factors and recommend control and preventive measures.

Also, they conducted an environmental investigation which unveiled that, somewhere in Purok 7, of barangay Maybocog, a water spring named ?Balalong? serves as the water source of these barangays.

Earlier, mayor Henry Afable mentioned that Balalong was developed in 1994 to supply water to the barangays of Maybocog. The water is pumped from the spring to the reservoir which is 100 meters up the source. From the reservoir, the water is distributed to three barangays: Maybocog and poblacion 1 to 7 for their drinking, swimming and for washing clothes and utensils. Then the spring flows out to the sea, some 150 meters away.

Another spring known to be ?Beto? is used for bathing only, laundry and washing utensils of the residents at Purok 1 of the same barangay and alongside this spring is a canal which serves as a sewage system of nearby households. There are about 40 public faucets located in Maybocog and some of the households connect to the faucet by attaching their own hose. There are however three deep wells that serve as alternative drinking water during high tides.

When the disease inflicted a good number of residents, Mayor Afable, through the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) approved a resolution that declared the municipality under the state of calamity and spent part of its calamity fund for the purchase of medicines and two Chlorinator pumps which were immediately installed at the Balalong Spring. Further, hyposols and aquatabs were distributed to households.

Sooner, the team indeed, found out, as indicated in their report dated May 17, 2012 that ?there was an ongoing suspect of typhoid outbreak in Maydolong?, that there was an epidemic outbreak which started on March 9 and peaked on April 1 to 5. The surveillance data from the RHU and RESU likewise disclosed that there was an unusual number of cases from January to May of 2009 to 2011; that Fecal-oral route was the mode of transmission, which in layman?s term would mean, people got the disease from water contaminated with waste.

In effect, the team recommended among others, (for short term solutions), a continued case finding and treatment and monitoring of cases, conduct of IEC campaigns and ensures the proper maintenance of machine chlorinators.

For long term solutions, the team listed for the LGU of Maydolong, to hire a permanent sanitary inspector, develop a new and safer water source and conduct of regular water sampling of all water sources and increase the number of houses with sanitary toilets.

Maydolong, a fourth class municipality has 20 barangays. These affected barangays are situated in the northern part of the town. Generally, it can be said that the rest of the barangays have safe water and sanitation systems, proof of which could be traced back to recent years, when the municipality was a regional winner for best practices in implementing the Materials Recovery Facility. (GTT/AEN/AFN-PIA8 Eastern Samar)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1231337498736

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DOH probing typhoid fever
cases in Guihulngan City


Doctors from the Department of Health Region 7 are investigating the upsurge of typhoid fever cases that started two weeks ago in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.

Sangguniang Panlalawigan Board member Liland Estacion, chair of the Committee on Health, said 34 patients are being treated in various hospitals, aside from unaccounted others who opted to seek treatment in private clinics and those who preferred herbal medicines.

The investigation will determine the cause of the typhoid fever epidemic in the city and the immediate course of action to be undertaken, Estacion said.

Initial investigation showed unsanitary sources of drinking water, like shallow wells, may have caused the outbreak.
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http://www.visayandailystar.com/2012/December/20/negor1.htm