Friday, February 7, 2014

DOH Update #2

Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
CENTER FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT BICOL
Legazpi City
Trunk line (052) 4835656, 4830934, 4830935, 4835659, 4830840 FAX local no. 104
Website: http://www.doh.gov.ph/chd5
Email address: chd_bicol@yahoo.com.ph

January 21, 2014
DOH UPDATE

The DOH-CHD Bicol appreciates very much the anti-measles campaign of the DepEdamong public school children as it will help prevent the possible spread of the virus.

As the virus is spread through droplets by coughing, sneezing or close personal, direct contact with infected nasal or throat secretions, sending home students who exhibit the early signs and symptoms of measles would surely help prevent its further transmission.

Furthermore, the virus remains active and contagious in the air or on infected surfaces for up to two hours. It can be transmitted by an infected person from four days prior to the onset of the rash and up to four days after the rash erupts.

A DepEd memo directs school heads to send home students who exhibit “flu-like symptoms and also asked them to disseminate information about measles, immunization and coordinate with local government health units for the “complete vaccination of children.”

DOH CHD Director Gloria J. Balboa also had earlier urged Municipal Local Government Units (MLGU) to strive harder to conduct active immunization activities against vaccine-preventable diseases, especially against measles, to reach every child in every purok of each barangay.Immunizing door-to-door, in addition to the fixed site strategy will minimize missing an eligible child for vaccination and track down missed children of previous years.


Meantime, as of January 16, 2014 there are total of 77 measles cases suspects broken down as follows: Albay province, 32; Camarines Sur 26; Catanduanes 4; Camarines Norte 9; Sorsogon province 4;  and Masbate 2.

DOH Update #1

Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
CENTER FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT BICOL
Legazpi City
Trunk line (052) 4835656, 4830934, 4830935, 4835659, 4830840 FAX local no. 104
Website: http://www.doh.gov.ph/chd5
Email address: chd_bicol@yahoo.com.ph

January 14, 2014
DOH UPDATE

Municipal Local Government Units (MLGU) should strive harder to conduct active immunization activities against vaccine-preventable diseases, especially against measles, to reach every child in every purok of each barangay.

Immunizing door-to-door, in addition to the fixed site strategy will minimize missing an eligible child for vaccination and track down missed children of previous years, DOH CHD Bicol Director Gloria J. Balboa said today.

Eligible children for vaccination who did not receive their measles vaccines during their childhood, especially at the age of 6 months to less than 5 years old, form part of a ‘pool of susceptible” where cases of measles may originate. And that is where an outbreak may occur, she said.

For 2014 there are 28 measles cases suspects broken down as follows: Albay province, 12; Camarines Sur 14, and 2 suspects in Sorsogon province. Masbate reported a single case while none were reported from Catanduanes and Camarines Norte.

Meantime, the DOH CHD Bicol issued a health advisory on measles for the information of the public.
HEALTH ADVISORY

The first sign of measles is usually high fever, which begins about 10 to 12 days after exposure to the virus, and lasts four to seven days.

• Runny nose, cough, red and watery eyes, and small white spots inside the cheeks can develop in the initial stage.

• After several days, a red rash erupts, usually on the face and upper neck. Over about three days, the rash spreads, eventually reaching the hands and feet. The rash lasts for five to six days, and then fades.





On average, the rash occurs 14 days after exposure to the virus (within a range of seven to 18 days).

Severe measles is more likely among poorly nourished young children, especially those with insufficient vitamin A, or whose immune systems have been weakened by HIV/AIDS or other diseases.

Complications:

Most measles-related deaths are caused by complications associated with the disease. Complications are more common in children under the age of five, or adults over the age of 20.

The most serious complications include:
• severe respiratory infections such as pneumonia
• severe diarrhea and related dehydration
• encephalitis (an infection that causes brain swelling)
• ear infections
• blindness

As high as 10% of measles cases result in death among populations with high levels of malnutrition and a lack of adequate health care. Women infected while pregnant are also at risk of severe complications and the pregnancy may end in miscarriage or preterm delivery. People who recover from measles are immune for the rest of their lives.

Who is at risk?

• Unvaccinated infants and young children are at highest risk of measles and its complications, including death.
• Unvaccinated pregnant women are also at risk.
• Any non-immune person (who has not been vaccinated or was vaccinated but did not develop immunity) can become infected.
Measles outbreaks can be particularly deadly in countries experiencing or recovering from a natural disaster or conflict. Damage to health infrastructure and health services interrupts routine immunization, and overcrowding in residential camps greatly increases the risk of infection.

Transmission

• The virus is spread by coughing and sneezing
• close personal contact or direct contact with infected nasal or throat secretions.
The virus remains active and contagious in the air or on infected surfaces for up to two hours. It can be transmitted by an infected person from four days prior to the onset of the rash to four days after the rash erupts.

Treatment

• No specific antiviral treatment exists for measles virus.
• Severe complications from measles can be avoided though supportive care that ensures good nutrition, adequate fluid intake and treatment of dehydration with WHO-recommended oral rehydration solution.
This solution replaces fluids and other essential elements that are lost through diarrhoea or vomiting. Antibiotics should be prescribed to treat eye and ear infections, and pneumonia.



• All children in developing countries diagnosed with measles should receive two doses of vitamin A supplements, given 24 hours apart. This treatment restores low vitamin A levels during measles that occur even in well-nourished children and can help prevent eye damage and blindness. Vitamin A supplements have been shown to reduce the number of deaths from measles by 50%.

Prevention

• Routine measles vaccination for children, combined with mass immunization campaigns in countries with high case and death rates, are key public health strategies to reduce global measles deaths.
• The measles vaccine has been in use for over 40 years. It is safe, effective and inexpensive.
• The measles vaccine is often incorporated with rubella and/or mumps vaccines in countries where these illnesses are problems. It is equally effective in the single or combined form.


APPROVED FOR RELEASE:


GLORIA J. BALBOA,MD,MPH,MHA,CEO VI, CESO III

Regional Director

Thursday, February 6, 2014

MGA DAPAT ALAMIN BAGO MAGSAMPA NG KASONG KRIMINAL

Kung sa tingin ninyo ay may gumawa sa inyo ng krimen, ang mga sumusunod na proseso ang dapat gawin:

(1) Magpa-Blotter sa Pulis - Tandaan, ang pagpapa-blotter ay hindi pa pagpa-file nang complaint o kasong kriminal laban sa inaakusahan mo na gumawa sayo nang krimen, kaya kung nagpablotter ka lang, hindi agad huhulihin nang pulis ang nirereklamo mo, maliban na lang kung sya ay aktong gumagawa nang krimen, aktong gagawa pa lang o katatapos tapos lang gumawa; o di kaya kumuha muna sila ng warrant of arrest mula sa Judge;

(2) ipa-Barangay ang Akusado, kung ka-barangay mo ito o nasa isang munisipalidad o lungsod lang kayo at mababa lang naman ang krimeng nagawa (mababa ang krimen na nagawa kung hindi hihigit sa 1 taon ang posibling parusa nito, kagaya nang slight physical injury, unjust vexation, light threat o malicious mischief) --- mas maigi kasi na kung mababa lang ang krimen na nagawa ay sa Barangay na lang muna mag-usap ang magkabilang panig baka magkasundo pa kayo at di na umabot pa sa korte. Tandaan na kung ang posibleng parusa ay pagkakakulong na hindi hihigit sa 1 taon, kailangan ng Certificate to File Action (CFA) mula sa barangay, kung walang CFA madidismiss lang ang kaso;

(3) magpagawa ng sinumpaang salaysay sa Abogado o sa Pulis, at itong sinumpaang salaysay ang dapat ma-ifile sa Prosecutor / Fiscal’s Office sa Municipality / City kung saan nang yari ang Krimen - Kung sa National Capital Region (NCR) / Metro Manila o ibang malalaking lungsod kagaya nang Cebu City nangyari ang krimen, lahat nang kaso ay dapat i-file sa Prosecutor / Fiscal’s Office, pero kung sa munisipalidad sa labas ng NCR nangyari ang krimen at hindi hihigit sa 4 na taon 2 buwan ang posibleng pagkakakulong, maaari nang ideretso ang reklamo sa Municipal Trial Court or Municipal Circuit Trial Court;

(4) ang Prosecutor / fiscal ang magdedesisyon kung ano ang dapat ikaso sa akusado, kahit gusto mo ng mas mataas na krimen (halimbawa frustrated murder) kung sa tingin nang prosecutor / fiscal ay mababang krimen lang ang nagawa (halimbawa less seriuos physical injury), ito ang ipa-file ng prosecutor/fiscal sa korte, maaari nga na idismiss ang complaint mo ng fiscal --- nagkakaroon kasi ng preliminary investigation ang prosecutor / fiscal kung saan, diringin din nya ang panig ninyong dalawa -- ikaw at ang akusado -- sa pamamagitan ng pagsusumiti ng mga sinumpaang salaysay ng bawat panig. Sa Preliminary Investigation nakakapagdesisyon ang Prosecutor / fiscal kung ano dapat gawin sa kasong isinampa;

(5) sa nagrereklamo o biktima, huwag mamoroblema sa abogado. kung i-pa-file ng Prosecutor / Fiscal ang kaso laban sa nirereklamo mo, si Prosecutor / Fiscal na ang magiging abogado mo, libre pa, pero kung gusto mo ng pribadong abogado, pwede naman, pero dapat ay may pahintulot si prosecutor / fiscal. Sa mga akusado, kung 13,000 below ang kita kada buwan, maaaring humingi ng tulong sa Public Attorney’s Office (PAO). Kung may pera kayo, kumuha ng pribadong abogado. [subalit kung sapat lang naman ang pera, mas makabubuting huwag nang gumawa ng krimen]


Source: FB - Mga Payong Legal ni TiagoMontiero: Agosto 13, 2012


Wednesday, February 5, 2014

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Monday, January 27, 2014

STATEMENT OF SECRETARYSONNY COLOMA ON CONSUMER PRICES

Government continues to monitor prices of food and other basic commodities to protect consumers, especially those living in calamity-affected areas, from unjustified price increases.

In the calamity-affected areas, government is restoring  supply lines disrupted by typhoon Yolanda and the earthquake to stabilize prices of food items and eventually bring these back to pre-disaster levels. 

As noted by NEDA, December prices are seasonally high, due to Christmas spending.  Hence, NSO reported that headline inflation for the whole country increased from 3.3 percent in November 2013 to 4.1 per cent in December 2013.  In areas outside of the NCR (including Eastern and Central Visayas), headline inflation were even higher at 3.8 percent in November 2013 and 4.6 per cent in December 2013.

It must be pointed out, however, that year-to-date headline inflation rate for the entire country as of December 2013 was 3 per cent, or at the low end of the 3-5 per cent annual inflation projections of the government’s Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC).###

Monday, January 20, 2014

NGCP Advisory on Power Interruption

Scheduled power interruption in parts of  SORSOGON

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) serves notice of the scheduled shutdown of the following transmission facilities:

Date:          21 January  2014              
Time:         8:00AM – 5:00PM
                                    
Affected Distribution Utility: *  SORSOGON ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 2 ( SORECO 2)

Reason:  Commissioning and energization of primary metering system at Balogo load-end substation.
Normal operations will immediately resume after work completion. NGCP customers and the general public are advised to take necessary preparations and precautions for this scheduled interruption.