Vol 4 Issue 28 Published by: PIA 6, 7 & 8 July 14 - 20, 2014 WESTERN VISAYAS In this Issue In this Issue In this Issue More beach forests to be revived in WV Best performing coops in CV get recognition More on Region 8, pages 6-7. Also CLICK Here... Resettlement beneficiaries assured of livelihood opportunities TANAUAN, Leyte, July 16 (PIA) - The residents of the Pago Resettlement Project in Tanuan, Leyte were given assurance for livelihood opportunities by Secretary Corazon Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). This, after some 48 families who lost their houses due to typhoon Yolanda, were given the chance to have an audience with the President of World Bank, Dr. Jim Yong Kim who visited the area together with Secretary Soliman. Kim and Soliman were informed by the residents of their present condition, whom they said are already safe and far from dangers of living near the sea. However, problem on livelihood was also brought out by said residents. Sec. Soliman promised the residents that she will meet with Mayor Pelagio Tecson of Tanauan and the Regional Director of DSWD Nestor Ramos to discuss the possibilities of putting up livelihood projects. ”This is the next step after the shelter and we will help you with the livelihood opportunities.” said Soliman. President Kim for his part said that world bank mourned for the people of Tanuan, and that they all felt sad after what happened during the typhoon. With his visit, Kim also said that he was inspired by the people who keep on fighting and trying to build new homes and new source of living. He then assured them that the World Bank group will be with the people of Leyte. (GTT/LAA/PIA8) By: Leonard T. Pineda I ILOILO CITY, July 17 (PIA6) --- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 said that more beach forests will be revived in Western Visayas as part of the intervention in addressing the impact of climate change. In an edition of the radio program on climate change "Panahon, Hibaluon, Handaan, Aksyunan", DENR-6 Forest Resources Development Division (FRDD) Chief Danilo Lorilla said the department has allotted funding for the revival of beach forests in the region even in just small areas. The beach forest is a mixed association of creepers, shrubs, and trees above the high tide level. These species form an impenetrable thicket in pristine forests and referred to as “beach jungle” by early explorers. Lorilla said that beach forests have served as protection from storm surges which hit parts of northern Iloilo and Capiz during the onslaught of super typhoon Yolanda late last year. It can be recalled that the Iloilo provincial government established a beach forest in Tigbauan town here to restore mangrove areas April this year. The P197-million project covers 10 hectares of shoreline spanning Barangays 9, Poblacion, Atabayan, Barroc and Baguingin and is slated for one year of implementation. The provincial government said that the beach forest has a bioshield function which serves as protection against storm surges, prevents coastal erosion, provides medicines and has a great potential for industrial applications. The establishment of the Tigbauan beach forest is part of the Action for Regreening and Transformation for Climate Change Adaptation (ART for CCA) program of the provincial government. (LTP/PIA-Iloilo) More on Region 7, pages 4-5. More on Region 6, pages 2-3. EASTERN VISAYAS CENTRAL VISAYAS World Bank president Jim Yong Kim (right), Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Corporation Lilianne Ploumen (left) and Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman (center) look at some of the vegetables planted at the “Bahay Kubo-Kimchi Demonstration Farm” in Brgy. Anahaway, Palo, Leyte, July 14. (Vino R. Cuayzon) Governor Arthur Defensor awards the certificate of recognition and cash prize of P5,000 to Marivic Franco of Brgy. Poblacion New Lucena, Iloilo who was chosen as Most Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar during the 40th Nutrition Month celebration of the province of Iloilo, July 14. (PIA6-Iloilo) BY: FERLIZA CALIZAR-CONTRATISTA CEBU CITY, July 10 (PIA)--- Well performing cooperatives in Central Visayas get recognition by the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA-7) this year. In a recent ceremony held at the Cebu Provincial Capitol, 11 cooperatives from all over Central Visayas were given recognitions or “Gawad Parangal”, for their performance as a social enterprise. CDA7 regional director Felipe Deri, said he is appy to announce that there are already more than 2 million residents in region 7 who are members of cooperatives. About a million are from Cebu province. “Cooperatives bring about equity, social economic development and social justice,” Deri said. Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III, who was the occasion’s keynote speaker said giving due recognition to exemplary performance is an effective way to inspire any endeavor. The two Most Outstanding Cooperatives in the large category or those with the biggest assets include the consistent Lamac Multipurpose Cooperative in Pinamungahan Cebu and the CFI Community Multipurpose Cooperative as first runner up. For medium category, Mactan Island MPC came out as winner followed by University of San Jose Recoletos MPC as first runner up. For small scale category, Subaspa MPC from Lapulapu City came out as winner. In the union category, sole winner from Negros Oriental, the NegOr Union Cooperative in Dumaguete City was awarded and Mandaue City Cooperative Development Office came out winner in the development office category. Special recognitions were also given to the cooperatives of Department of Agriculture (DA-7), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-7) and the Land Bank of the Philippines. (mbcn/fcc/PIA7 -Cebu) PHIVOLCS Director Dr. Renato U. Solidum, Jr. presents the topic, Disaster Imagination that offers strategies and new technologies in hazard, risk, and impact assessments as basis for disaster preparedness, mitigation, and response during the forum at RAFI-EADSC Plenary Hall. (vvv/PIA Cebu) DENR-6 Forest Resources Development Division (FRDD) Chief Danilo Lorilla (left) underscores the value of beach forests as protection against storm surges during the radio program on climate change "Panahon, Hibaluon, Handaan, Aksyunan" anchored by PIA6’s Information Officer I Leonard I. Pineda I. (PIA6)
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Vol 4 Issue 28 Published by: PIA 6, 7 & 8 July 14 - 20, 2014
WESTERN VISAYAS
In this IssueIn this IssueIn this Issue More beach forests to be revived in WV
Best performing coops in CV get recognition
More on Region 8, pages 6-7.
Also CLICK Here...
Resettlement beneficiaries assured of livelihood opportunities
TANAUAN, Leyte, July 16 (PIA) - The residents
of the Pago Resettlement Project in Tanuan, Leyte were
given assurance for livelihood opportunities by
Secretary Corazon Soliman of the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD).
This, after some 48 families who lost their houses
due to typhoon Yolanda, were given the chance to have
an audience with the President of World Bank, Dr. Jim
Yong Kim who visited the area together with Secretary
Soliman.
Kim and Soliman were informed by the residents
of their present condition, whom they said are already
safe and far from dangers of living near the sea.
However, problem on livelihood was also brought
out by said residents.
Sec. Soliman promised the residents that she will
meet with Mayor Pelagio Tecson of Tanauan and the
Regional Director of DSWD Nestor Ramos to discuss
the possibilities of putting up livelihood projects.
”This is the next step after the shelter and we will
help you with the livelihood opportunities.” said
Soliman.
President Kim for his part said that world bank
mourned for the people of Tanuan, and that they all felt
sad after what happened during the typhoon.
With his visit, Kim also said that he was inspired
by the people who keep on fighting and trying to build
new homes and new source of living.
He then assured them that the World Bank group
will be with the people of Leyte. (GTT/LAA/PIA8)
By: Leonard T. Pineda I
ILOILO CITY, July 17 (PIA6) --- The Department
of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 said
that more beach forests will be revived in Western
Visayas as part of the intervention in addressing the
impact of climate change.
In an edition of the radio program on climate
change "Panahon, Hibaluon, Handaan, Aksyunan",
DENR-6 Forest Resources Development Division
(FRDD) Chief Danilo Lorilla said the department has
allotted funding for the revival of beach forests in the
region even in just small areas.
The beach forest is a mixed association of
creepers, shrubs, and trees above the high tide level.
These species form an impenetrable thicket in
pristine forests and referred to as “beach jungle” by
early explorers.
Lorilla said that beach forests have served as
protection from storm surges which hit parts of
northern Iloilo and Capiz during the onslaught of super
typhoon Yolanda late last year.
It can be recalled that the Iloilo provincial
government established a beach forest in Tigbauan
town here to restore mangrove areas April this year.
DUMAGUETE CITY, July 15 (PIA) -- With the growing intensity of typhoons visiting the country and in the province of Negros
Oriental and the imminent prolonged dry spell brought by El Niño phenomenon, the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR)- Negros Oriental has called on the public to intensify planting more trees.
I n a recent training on "Disaster
Preparedness vis-a-vis Climate Change
Using Social Media" forester Raul Russel
of DENR told local media and information
officers to help them convince locals to
plant more trees to preserve and make
t he en v i ronment more r es i l i en t
against calamities.
Russel reported that Negros Oriental’s
five percent remaining natural forest cover
needs protection and urged the public to
“move fast” in the rehabilitation efforts.
Russel said in pursuit of protecting the
remaining trees and increasing forest cover,
the government has launched the National
Greening Program (NGP) that aims to plant
1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares in six
years which started in 2010.
It is noted that causes of forest
destruction include pressure from an increasing
population in need of land and wood,
overexploitation of forest resources, lack of
political will to curb illegal logging, low priority
given to forest conservation and environmental
protection among others.
In the same event, state weather bureau
chief Engr. Oscar Tabada of PAGASA
-Visayas also urged the public to prepare and
save water for the occurrence of El Niño
phenomenon which will hit the country in the
last quarter of 2014 and may last up to the first
quarter of 2015.
Engr. Tabada said saving water means to
help mitigate the effect of El Niño and advised
the public to stop cutting trees because this
greatly cause ecological imbalance.
El Niño is characterized as unusually
warm ocean surface temperatures in the
central and eastern equatorial Pacific (CEEP).
More than just disaster preparedness,
information officers, local media & PDRRMC
got to learn the power of social media in the
entire disaster cycle.
Noel de Guia and Max Salazar of Get
Ready PINAS (Prepare, Inform & Act Smart)
highlighted the importance of delivering timely
and accurate information before, during, and
after disasters during the training organized by
PIA-Negros Oriental, SMART Communications
and the Dumaguete Press Club. (mbcn/JCT/
PIA7-Negros Oriental)
DENR-NegOr cites importance of planting trees in CC mitigation
BY: JENNIFER C. TILOS
SIQUIJOR, July 15 (PIA) — The province of Siquijor recently created the Provincial Program Management and Implementing
Unit (PPMIU) to serve as the local implementing body for the implementation of the Philippine Rural Development Program
(PRDP).
Siquijor creates PRDP-PPMIU for rural dev‘t
S iquijor governor Zaldy Villa signed an
Executive Order creating the PPMIU as
the principal mechanism through which
the provincial government shall seek
multi-sectoral inputs, advise, and assist on
matters related to climate-smart agriculture,
infrastructure facilities and sustainable
development in the island.
Siquijor is selected as one to the six
provinces in the country under the
PRDP-Global Environment Facility that will
strengthen the conservation of the coastal and
marine resources base through biodiversity
conservation and fisheries resources
management, says Department of Agriculture
(DA) provincial agriculture technology
coordinating officer Bernadith Bunado in a
PRDP briefing earlier.
It also hopes to enhance LGU institution,
technical management and financial capabilities
and environment government system, she said.
The PPMIU is composed of the Provincial
Planning and Development Coordinator as its
head, under which are the coordinating
agencies, PPMIU Secretariat, the i-plan unit
headed by the PPDO, i-build unit by the
provincial engineer’s office, i-reap unit by the
provincial veterinary’s office, and co-headed by
the office of the provincial and municipal
agriculturists and the i-support unit headed by
the provincial budget officer.
Under the i-support unit are the
monitoring and evaluation, procurement, social
and environmental safeguard and information,
education, advocacy and communication
sub-units.
PRDP is a six-year national government
platform for an inclusive, value-chain oriented,
and climate resilient agriculture and fishery
sector. It is the upscale version of the
Mindanao Rural Development Program
(MRDP) where new innovations are
introduced to address the present demand of
times especially climate changes to make rural
development more effective.
Meanwhile, the Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI)-Siquijor province started
mounting the Small and Medium Enterprise
(SME) Roving Academy (SMERA) program to
micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
in all six towns in the province.
The activity will bring to provincial MSMEs
learning programs designed to promote
entrepreneurship, improve access to credit and
markets, and increase productivity and
efficiency, says DTI-Siquijor provincial director
Nimfa Virtucio. (mbcn/RAC/PIA7-Siquijor)
BY: RIZALIE A. CALIBO
Cebu, July 10 (PIA) --- The Archdiocese of Cebu also stands as one unit exerting effort in the relief and rehabilitation
operations for the Yolanda hit areas specifically in North Cebu.
Cebu Archdiocese takes part in Yolanda relief,
rehab operations
I n a recent Post Yolanda Rehab
Operation press brief ing, Cebu
Archdiocese disaster focal person Fr.
Charles Jayme said that immediately after
typhoon Yolanda hit, Cebu Archbishop Jose
Palma then formed a Relief and Rehab
Operation Unit.
First Phase of which is Adopt a Parish
Program one church from the South Cebu has
to adopt and partner with one typhoon
affected parish from North Cebu.
“Parishes from the South assisted the
needs of these affected parishes in North
Cebu,” Fr. Jayme said.
He added that part of the assistance
delivered is to cater to the needs of the
people in the community where the parish
belongs.
The Cebu Archdiocese also partners with
Cebu Caritas in the relief and rehabilitation
efforts extended to the Yolanda devastated
communities in North Cebu.
March this year the created relief and
rehabilitation efforts of the Cebu Archdiocese
was already in close coordination with the
Caritas International with about 160 Caritas all
over the world.
Fr. Jayme said that the coordination
started with the assistance in North Cebu. This
assistance include Shelter, Livelihood, Water,
Sanitation, Hygiene and Education among
others.
"The Shelter Project of the Cebu
Archdiocese and the Caritas now adopted
a Yolanda Village in Lapaz Bogo City with 27
houses serving as relocation and resettlement
for the typhoon affected families in the area
with houses that are totally devastated by
typhoon.
Caritas Village in Tacup, San Remegio also
stood with 27 houses and Hagnaya, San
Remegio Cebu with 39 houses catering to the
families losing their houses as Yolanda hit the
areas. Soon to be built are 74 houses in
Bungtod Bogo City. (mbcn/ays/PIA 7)
BY: AMOR Y. SALUDAR
EASTERN EASTERN VISAYASVISAYAS 666
DENR-8 to plant 1B fruit trees in coastal
highways
T his was revealed by Provincial
E n v i ro n me n t a n d N a t u r a l
Resources Off icer (PENRO)
Ricardo Tomol, head of the DENR office in
Southern Leyte, during the Action Center
Kapihan sa PIA Cable TV program
Wednesday.
The Cable TV Kapihan taping at the
Senior Citizens building will be aired
Friday, July 18, as a special edition in
addition to its weekend regular showing, to
coincide with a simultaneous nationwide
launching of a joint PIA-DENR advocacy
project on Climate Change Adaptation
(CCA).
Planting trees, be it forest or fruit trees,
has long been proven as a way to mitigate
the effects of erratic climatic conditions,
because they absorb carbon dioxide in the
air and give off oxygen for people and
animals to breathe, aside providing shade
and acting as buffer against winds and waves
during bad weather.
Asked for updates on the nationwide
NGP for Southern Leyte province, Tomol
said that since the year 2011, they have
covered more than 4,000 hectares of
timberlands planted with varied species of
trees in coordination with various People’s
Organizations (POs).
This translates to over 2,000,000 trees
grown now at three years old at a
conservative estimate of 500 trees planted
per hectare at 85% survival rate.
As to the billion fruit trees campaign
specifically for Region 8 and implemented
through former Senator Panfilo Lacson, the
Presidential Adviser on Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction for post-Yolanda, Tomol
said they had finished the survey and other
necessary paperworks and submitted those
already to their central office.
The idea is to coordinate with private
landowners in open spaces and lots
in-between barangays and municipalities
along the coastal roads, so these areas, even
under coconut trees along the 40-meter
limit from shorelines, can be planted with
fruit trees provided by DENR but
“demand-driven” by landowners on what
kind of fruit trees they would like to plant,
Tomol explained.
Tomol said he is just waiting
for the final approval of their submitted
plans so they can start to implement,
if possible within the year, the
Yolanda-themed fruit tree planting in the
province as part of the Lacson-led initiative
for the entire Region 8. (mmp, PIA8
-Southern Leyte)
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, July 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Eastern
Visayas has an added mission on top of the regular National Greening Program (NGP) that began four years ago until
2016: plant a billion fruit trees more within the 40-meter no build zone limits along shorelines.
TESDA grants skills training to typhoon survivors
BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, July 12 (PIA) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority(TESDA) is
now engaged in conducting skills training to some ―Yolanda‖ survivors here as part of their ―Post Yolanda Activities‖,.
T his was learned from Engineer
Enrico Banario, TESDA Provincial
Director over station DYES.
Banario said that close to a thousand
now have already completed the skills
training, and in Balangiga town alone, more
or less 50 Out-of-School Youths aging 18
years old and above have undergone
recently, with the 15-day training in Basic
Carpentry, Electrical Installation and
Maintenance.
He added that after the training, the
graduates were given Tool Kits which they
can make use of, as they venture further,
using their acquired knowledge and skills.
For instance, they will soon be tapped
to repair the damaged school buildings of
Balangiga including the poultry house.
It was also reported that in February
this year, 50-trainees from Salcedo town
have likewise graduated from the same skills
training. T
his was assisted by the United Nations
Development Program(UNDP) and the
Eastern Samar State University(ESSU).
The Catholic Relief Service(CRC)
likewise extends a similar assistance to
typhoon stricken communities, the report
added. TESDA is working on a P4M budget
for “Yolanda” Rehabilitation and Recovery in
the southern municipalities of the province.
Engr. Banario also disclosed that these
graduates from their short-term skills
trainings, in Carpentry and Electrical
Installations are qualified to take TESDA’s
Competency Examination, which could
qualify them for permanent employment in
government or overseas. (PIA-Eastern
Samar/aen)
BY: ALICIA E. NICART
SoLeyte solon downloads P14M to CHED
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, July 14 (PIA) -- The office of Congressman Damian Mercado was able to tap
financial assistance from the national government for the tertiary education needs of his constituents in the lone district
of this province.
O n Friday, July 11, Commission on
Higher Education (CHED) Region 8
Director Maura Consolacion
Cristobal visited this province particularly in
Sogod and this city and personally
distributed notices of awards and
scholarship contracts to almost 2,000
student grantees.
In an interview with local media at the
Saint Joseph College (SJC) HRM room
shortly after the brief distribution ceremony,
Cristobal said the Congressman’s initiative
was on top of their regular program of
scholarship extended to qualified students
who are determined to pursue and finish
college schooling.
The basic difference is that under the
CHED program the student-scholar must
maintain an average grade of 2.5 or 85%,
while that of the Congressman’s, which is
under CHED’s Tulong-Dulong, a simple
passing rate is all that is required, Cristobal
said.
In both instances, though, the student
grantee/scholar is given the chance to finish
college, be it a four-year or a five-year
course, she added.
“That is why my advice to the
students is to make full use of this
opportunity,” Cristobal, who assumed as
CHED Region 8 head only in April this year,
stressed.
She also said that CHED directly
coordinated with the private or public
schools for the payment of tuition fees of
the scholars and grantees, and the excess
money, if there is any, will in turn be given
by the school to the students
concerned. (mmp, PIA8-Southern Leyte)
BY: MARCELO M. PEDALINO
BY: MARCELO M. PEDALINO
EASTERNEASTERN VISAYASVISAYAS 777
Calbayog cites contribution of rescue
volunteers
CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, July 14 (PIA) – Calbayog City through Mayor Ronald Aquino gave recognition to rescue
volunteers as the city marked National Disaster Consciousness Month.
I n a news release penned by Aimee
Catalan, it said that the city
highlighted the recognition of
individuals and groups who, without
reservation, volunteered themselves in the
city’s quick response after Yolanda’s
devastation in Tacloban on November 8,
2013 and lately, in Binaliw, Calbayog on June
26, 2014.
In a simple ceremony held Tuesday,
Aquino distributed certificates of recognition
to the barangay rescue volunteers called
SALVAR (Saving lives by volunteers and
active rescuers) for their valuable and
untiring support to the City Government of
Calbayog through City Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Office
(CDRRMO).
SALVAR is known to be ever ready to
respond in the rescue, search and relief
operations of the city during calamities and
disasters.
CDRRM head Mr. Estanislao D.
Cortado, in his message, stressed that it is
everyone’s responsibility to lessen the
impact of a hazard or any disaster, and
minimize the loss of lives.
On the early morning of June 26 a
tornado hit Binaliw (a village located 20
kilometers from the city), and destroyed 92
houses, and left eight injured and 501
residents homeless.
The funnel-shaped whirling wind also
wrecked eight motorized and three
non-motorized “bancas”. (PIA 8-Samar with
Aimee Catalan- Calbayog City)
Southern Leyte PDRRMC braces for El Nino phenomenon
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, July 10 (PIA) - As the council members of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management
Council (PDRRMC) met on its quarterly meeting, preparations were tackled to counter the adverse effects of the El Nino
phenomenon from June 2014 until the first quarter of 2015, to include emergencies and calamities situations as well.
A mong the preparations agreed upon
by the council were the preposition-
ing of food, fuel, listing of equipments
needed in rescue operations, among others
which should be made ready this early,
PDRRMC Chair Governor Roger Mercado
noted.
PDRRMC Chair Mercado also ordered
the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Office (PDRRMO) to draft and
facilitate for the memorandum of
agreements with local groceries and
pharmacy stores and gasoline stations where
these prime commodities can be readily be
withdrawn to be able to respond
immediately to the victim-people.
“All primary commodities and fuels
must be readily available and can be
immediately withdrawn and served to the
people stricken in times of emergencies and
calamities,” Governor Mercado noted.
PAG-ASA OIC Administrator Aldrin
Kaindoy in his presentation of the El Nino
phenomenon said that Southern Leyte must
prepare for possible infectious diseases
brought about by the air quality building up
along the region, according to an ENSO
experiment.
Provincial Health Officer (Technical)
Dr. John Matibag asked for the
prepositioning of medicines to immediately
respond to diseases such as dengue fever
cases, among other diseases expected to
mount during El Nino phenomeon in the
province.
During the regular meeting, PDRRMC
also moved for a resolution for the purchase
of handheld radio communication
equipments that could connect the
PDRRMC to practically all the municipalities,
barangays, police stations across the
province in the event of loss of electric
power due to calamities.
This followed after the brief
presentation of Scan Company.
PDRRMO Provincial Head Danilo
Atienza also wanted to put every plans,
preparations in place during peacetime, that
is before any occurrence of an emergency or
calamity in the province, he added. (esg/PIA8
SoLeyte)
BY: ERNA S. GORNE
TB free Philippines draws Samar guv‘s support
CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, July 11 (PIA) - TB free Philippines has drawn the support of Samar Governor Sharee Ann Tan.
D uring the organization of the Multi
-Sectoral Partnership to Achieve
Control of TB (IMPACT), Tan
signed a commitment for the total support
to eradicate TB in the province including
budget support.
She also pledged to strengthen TB
treatment delivery mechanism and ensure
access to TB treatment of disadvantaged
groups.
In addition, as the local chief
executive, the governor promised
to improve the compliance of provincial
district hospitals to Philippine Plan
of Action for TB (PhilPact) standards
and TB Directly Observed Treatment
Short Course(DOTS) and treatment
protocol.
TB DOTS embarks on partnership
where the patient is supervised by a partner
as he takes the drugs; this process ensures
that the patient continuously takes the drugs
until completion.
Governor Tan also vowed to
provide supportive policies and financing
support.
As to innovations, Tan plans to give
incentives to health workers who tracked
down tab cases and successfully effected
treatment.
To ensure that school children
are also TB free, Tan vowed to sponsor the
TB test known as purified protein
derivative (PPD) test for some 10 thousand
school children who are reportedly
malnourished.
Just this summer, Tan also
sponsored the X-ray tests of teachers in the
division.
While the provincial health office
reported that only some 315 TB
cases were reported in 2013, it does not
mean that they are the only cases, tracking
them also proves challenging, said health
authorities.
Other challenges plaguing the TB
control program in Samar include inadequate
number of trained treatment partners, poor
logistics management for TB control, health
facilities without proper sputum collection
area and many more.(PIA 8-Samar/ nbq)
BY: NINFA ILUMINDA B. QUIRANTE
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