Philippines Dengue 2013

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Rise in dengue cases noted in 6 Region 12 villages
By Allen V. Estabillo on June 22 2012 7:26 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 June) ? The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region is closely watching six villages in the region due to the noted rise in dengue cases in the last four weeks.

Dr. Alah Baby Vingno, Department of Health-Region 12 regional epidemiology and surveillance unit chief, said Thursday they monitored the clustering of dengue cases since last month in Barangays Tamontaka, Rosary Heights 10 and Bagua MB, Cotabato City; Labangal in this city; Zone IV of Poblacion in Koronadal City; and, Calabanit in Glan town in Sarangani province.

The DOH?s National Epidemiology Center defined clustering of cases as the emergence of three or more cases in a barangay in four consecutive weeks.
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http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/06/22/rise-in-dengue-cases-noted-in-6-region-12-villages/

 

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Tabuk City acts on reports on dengue
By Larry T. Lopez
Wednesday 23rd of January 2013

TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- The city government has acted immediately on dengue-suspect cases reported in Barangay Bulo, this city, year.

Led by the City Health Office (CHO), the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council immediately sent a dengue-eradication team to the area to conduct indoor residual spraying of public schools.

Rhea Barcellano, Dengue Monitoring in-charge of the CHO, reported that those inflicted with the ailment were mostly school children. Three are now confined at the hospital here...

 

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Dengue cases in 2012 double previous year?s due to weather
By Princess Dawn H. Felicitas
Saturday, January 26, 2013

THE Cebu City Health Department (CHD) will strengthen its campaign against dengue as the number of dengue cases reached 4,057 in 2012..

...January figure

Ygo?a said CHD has recorded 115 cases this month.

Ygo?a attributed the high number of dengue cases in the city to the frequent rains, particularly from July to September...

 

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Tabuk City dengue-suspect cases climb to 32 in 2 week time

By Larry T. Lopez
Tuesday 29th of January 2013

TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Jan. 29 (PIA) -? Tabuk City Health authorities are now conducting massive and multi-approach dengue eradication efforts in Sitio Turod, Barangay Bulo following the upsurge in dengue-suspect cases now recorded at 32 in two weeks.

Based on the City Health Office (CHO) monitoring report, the first cases of dengue-suspects in Bulo have been monitored in the second week of January that suddenly shot-up in the third week.

Tabuk City Mayor Ferdinand B. Tubban ordered the conduct of massive indoor residual spraying (IRS) of houses in Sitio Turod, treatment of canals and water ways from kiti-kiti, and destruction of all possible breeding sites of mosquitoes...

 

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DOH reports rise of dengue cases in January
By Jorie C. Valcorza
Friday 1st of February 2013

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Feb 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Health - Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Northern Mindanao dengue surveillance report for January 1 to January 25 observed a rise in the number of admitted patients.

After posting a considerable drop of more than 200 dengue cases between the months of November (517) and December (315), the count now had started to swell to 400 recorded cases for the entire region.

Dr. Dave Mendoza, Chief of the Regional Epidemiology, Surveillance and Disaster Response Unit (RESDRU), however, noted that there is only a slight increase of 85 cases from 315 in December to 400 cases in January...

 

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Region 10 posts highest rate case in dengue among other diseases
By Jorie C. Valcorza
Wednesday 6th of February 2013

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb.6 (PIA) -- The Department of Health in Region 10 (DOH - 10) annual disease surveillance report shows dengue fever as the leading disease, in terms of cases, as monitored at the different sentinel sites in the region.

From the regional total of 15,813 cases, it posted the highest number of cases with 6,478 from January 1 to December 31, 2012, followed by influenza (3,364), typhoid fever (3,278), and leptospirosis (946).

The report shows that dengue cases for this period were 221.66 percent higher as compared to 2011.

DOH Regional Epidemiology, Surveillance and Disaster Response Unit (RESDRU) likewise disclosed that 69.9 of the recorded cases were from the province of Misamis Oriental including cities of Cagayan de Oro, El Salvador, and Gingoog.

Around 600 dengue cases have already been recorded by RESDRU as of February 1, and this is found 248 percent higher for the same time period last year, which posted only some 172 cases...

 

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Dengue cases in Iloilo rise to 160
By Bea Zaragosa, ABS-CBN News Iloilo
Posted at 02/08/2013 2:17 PM | Updated as of 02/08/2013 2:17 PM

ILOILO -- The Iloilo Provincial Health Office has expressed alarm over the rise in the number of dengue cases recorded last month compared to January 2012.

From January to February 2 this year, the province recorded 160 dengue cases with two casualties.

The town of Banate had the most number of dengue patients with 47 cases and one death.

The figure is up by 281% compared to the 42 cases recorded during the same period last year...

 

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Dengue cases down by 80% in Central Luzon

By Joelyn G. Baluyut
Thursday 14th of February 2013

SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga, Feb 14 (PIA) -- Department of Health (DOH) recorded an 80 percent decrease in dengue cases in Central Luzon from January to the first week of February this year compared to the same period last year.

?There were 653 cases this 2013 which is a significant drop from the 3,300 reported cases in 2012,? Center for Health Development 3 (CHD 3) regional epidemiologist Jesse Fantone disclosed.

Bulacan posted the most cases during the period with 232; followed by Nueva Ecija with 153; Tarlac-100; Pampanga-87; Bataan-69; Aurora-eight; and Zambales-four.

Pampanga and Nueva Ecija, meanwhile, recorded one death each...

 

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Dengue cases up 355% this year
By Teresa Ellera
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

PROVINCIAL Health Officer Dr. Ernell Tumimbang confirmed the overwhelming increase of dengue cases in the province from January 1 to February 2 this year compared to the same period last year.

Based on PHO record, a total of 287 dengue cases were admitted to the different private and public hospitals this year and it is 355 percent higher compared to the same period last year with only 63 dengue cases and zero fatality rate...

 

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Antique records 1 death, 33 cases of dengue
By Pilar S. Mabaquiao
Wednesday 20th of February 2013

SAN JOSE, Antique, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- One death and 33 cases of dengue has been recorded in Antique, mostly from the northern towns.

Information Officer Irene Dulduco from the Antique Provincial Health Office said that of the total cases this year, 23 are from three towns in northern Antique, namely Culasi with nine, Sebaste with eight and Barbaza with six cases.

One death was recorded in the town of Bugasong, an eight-year old girl who was confined at the Delegate Angel Salazar Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Mission Hospital in Iloilo City and died last January 29.

The other towns affected are San Jose with five cases and Sibalom, Patnongon, Laua-an and Valderrama with one case each...

 

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New, deadlier dengue strain alarms health execs
Philippine Daily Inquirer
11:07 pm | Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

...Dr. Eric Tayag, assistant health secretary, warned last year that a new strain of dengue, Serotype 4, is spreading.

It was first monitored in Western Mindanao in 2010. According to Tayag, it might have replaced an older strain, Serotype 2.

In 2010, Serotype 4, a deadlier strain, was prevalent in Zamboanga City, according to Dr. Norvie Jalani, of the Department of Health?s Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit in Western Mindanao.

Tayag said the migration of people played a vital role in the spread of the new strain. Cases of Serotype 4 also surfaced outside Zamboanga City.

Agbulos, the Zamboanga City health officer, said dengue used to spread to a radius of only 3 kilometers from where it originated. Now, cases of dengue have spread to as far as 73 km from their origin...

 

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DOST offers online info on dengue for LGUs, public health practitioners
Thursday 28th of February 2013

LOS BANOS, Laguna, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Before the onset of the rainy season, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is intensifying its dengue preventive measures by providing online information on dengue cases per community to serve as alert mechanism to concerned government offices and personnel.

In the pipeline is a dengue alert website that will enable public health practitioners to check out high-risk areas for dengue outbreaks and come up with early intervention measures.

Developed by DOST through its sectoral council, the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD), the site is technically a ?vector surveillance? tool containing data on population density and other information on Aedesaegyptimosquito which is the vector for dengue, or the organism that transmits the dengue virus to humans...

 

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Dengue cases in Negros continue to rise
By Teresa Ellera
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

THE cases of dengue in Negros Occidental continue to rise with already 407 cases and two deaths from January 1 to 16 this year based on admission of patients to the different private and public hospitals and City and Municipal Health Offices.

Based on the report of the Provincial Health Office, the number of cases this year is higher by 387 percent compared to the same period last year with only 86 cases and zero fatalities...

 

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Dengue cases in Caraga up by 74% in first 2 months of 2013 - DOH

By Robert E. Roperos
Tuesday 5th of March 2013

BUTUAN CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- A total of 396 suspected dengue cases were admitted to different disease reporting units in Caraga Region from January 1 to February 23. This is 74 percent higher compared to last year?s cases, recorded at 227.

According to Dr. Gerna Manatad, chief of Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Caraga, ages of cases ranged from less than one month old to 82 years old...

 

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Posted on March 05, 2013 09:44:27 PM
Dengue cases rising in W. Visayas

BACOLOD CITY -- Six casualties of dengue fever have been recorded as cases continue to rise in Western Visayas region.

Two of the fatalities were from Negros Occidental, three from Iloilo and one from Antique.

In Negros Occidental, a report of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed fatalities were reported in the cities of Bago and Sagay.

From Jan. 1 to Feb. 16, dengue incidence in the province reached 407, a spike of 387% compared with 86 cases in the same period last year. There was no casualty last year...

 

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Dengue cases increase in CVisayas
Posted by Online on Mar 30th, 2013

CEBU CITY, Philippines - Dengue cases in Central Visayas is steadily increasing the disease as the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DoH) 7 has already recorded close to 4,000 cases from January 1 to March 23 this year.

Latest figures from RESU 7 registered a total of 3,736 cases for the said period while last year it only recorded 1,736 cases. However, deaths are lower this year at eight while in 2012 12 deaths were recorded for the first quarter...

 

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Rising dengue cases prompt Kidapawan City fumigation drives
By John Unson (philstar.com) | Updated April 2, 2013 - 5:50pm

COTABATO CITY, Philippines - Health workers started on Tuesday massive fumigation operations in several villages in Kidapawan City following a rise in cases of dengue fever in recent weeks.

The first area the city health office fumigated with anti-mosquito chemicals was Brgy. Sibawan, where 15 dengue cases were recorded since middle of January...

 

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Dengue cases in Soccsksargen Region up by 156%
By Danilo E. Doguiles
Wednesday 3rd of April 2013

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 3 (PIA) -- Soccsksargen Region has recorded 1,528 dengue cases in the first quarter of 2013, according to a report released yesterday by the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH) ? 12.

Some 669 or 41 percent of the victims are children 10 years old and below.

Jenelyn Ellie Ventura, health education and promotion officer of DOH 12, said the figure as of March 30 is 156 percent higher compared to the number of cases recorded in the same period last year.

Same report indicated that the mosquito-borne disease have already resulted in death of 10 persons this year, double the number of deaths recorded from January 1 to March 30, 2012.

Five of these deaths were reported from General Santos City, three from North Cotabato, and two from Sultan Kudarat province.

Sharp increase in dengue cases was reported in South Cotabato where at least 550 dengue patients have been reported, a 709 percent rise from the meager 68 cases last year.

Most of these cases, according to a report from South Cotabato Integrated Provincial Health Office were reported from Koronadal City and the towns of Tupi and Polomolok.

General Santos City reported 438 dengue cases while Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat provinces had 170 and 87 cases, respectively. Cotabato City recorded 84 cases.

In the entire region, only North Cotabato reported a decrease of number of cases from 306 in the first quarter of 2012 to 199 this year...

 

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23,000 dengue cases recorded in 3 months
Friday, April 5, 2013

THE Department of Health (DOH) has recorded over 23,000 cases of dengue in the country in the first three months of the year.

According to the DOH?Dengue Surveillance Report, a total of 23,615 dengue cases have been reported nationwide from January 1 to March 30.

"The figure is 0.24 percent lower compared to the same period last year, which is at 23,672," said the report.

There are also 104 deaths recorded by the health department, which is lower by 40 cases recorded during the same period last year...

 

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Dengue cases in Iloilo up by nearly 300%
April 10, 2013 8:50am

Dengue cases in Iloilo province rose by nearly 300 percent in the first three months of 2013, the province's health authorities disclosed on Wednesday.

The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) recorded 463 cases with two deaths from January 1 to March 30 this year, Iloilo-based The Daily Guardian reported.

The figure was 292 percent higher than the 118 cases in the same period in 2012, the IPHO said...