FOCUS@HEALTH; Community must 'bite back' to foil Dengue Fever

From: Filipino Reporter | Date: February 2, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Chua, Philip S.
Filipino Reporter
02-02-2006
THE Philippine war on Dengue: Let's "bite" back! The focus for this week's
column.

Dengue has been grabbing headlines in various publications in Asia,
particularly in the Philippines the past few months. In Mabolo, Cebu, a
4-year-old girl was the latest fatality as of Aug. 9, 2005, raising the
toll to 19 this year. Since two days before this, 35 new cases of Dengue
have been reported, making the total cases 704. Sixty-seven of the 80
barangays have been affected, with Guadalupe at the top with 121 cases and
one death, 65 cases occurring in sitio Banawa. ...

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