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Philippines: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Banga town, South Cotabato — ‘We can consider this now as an outbreak’

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The municipal health office (MHO) in Banga town in South Cotabato province reports an increase in hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases among children. As of Feb. 3, the number...

Philippines: Filariasis case reported in Koronadal City

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in South Cotabato are reporting a filariasis case in a remote sitio in Koronadal City. The individual in Sitio El Lalam, Barangay Assumption  tested positive of...

Philippines: 200 new cases of tuberculosis detected in South Cotabato

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials with the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) report detecting nearly 200 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the past several months. Dr. Rogelio Aturdido, Jr., head...

South Cotabato reports 29 percent increase in dengue cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) in South Cotabato report closely monitoring various communities in the province due to the increasing cases of the dengue fever. Health...

Philippines: South Cotabato reports 33 lymphatic filariasis cases from two barangays

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Integrated Provincial Health Office in South Cotabato in the southern Philippines report intensifying surveillance and case-finding activities against filariasis to keep the province...

Dengue in the Philippines: Cases up in some areas, Down nationally

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews While the Philippines as a whole is reporting a significant drop in dengue fever cases in 2021, some areas or provinces are reporting an increase this year. In South...

Philippines: South Cotabato barangays under dengue ‘state of calamity’

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In the province of South Cotabato in southern Mindanao, the head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) reported last week that the...

Philippines: Increase in chikungunya reported in South Cotabato

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in South Cotabato in the southern Philippines report monitoring a  resurgence of suspected chikungunya cases in the past several weeks in Tampakan...

South Cotabato: All four dengue strains circulating

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the southern Philippines province of South Cotabato are warning residents that four strains or serotypes of dengue virus are circulating in the...

Philippines dengue update: A national alert, ‘states of calamity’

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Last Monday, Philippines Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III declared a National Dengue Alert as the number continue to rise in many regions of the archipelago. On today’s news brief I look...