Philippines: 2022 Cholera

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Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/05/...tabato/1843913


Cholera outbreak confirmed in South Cotabato
By Franz R. Sumangil
May 17, 2022

TWO sitios in Colongulo village, Surallah town, South Cotabato were placed under a state of calamity on Saturday because of a cholera outbreak.

Colongulo village councilor Roger Maguad, who is also the chairman of the Committee on Health in the said village, said at least 60 families have been infected with cholera in Sitio Villa Ellaga and Sitio Basag...

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Source: https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/30/acute-g...n-iloilo-city/

Acute gastroenteritis, cholera outbreak declared in Iloilo City
Published August 30, 2022, 7:01 PM
by Tara Yap

ILOILO CITY—An outbreak of food and waterborne diseases acute gastroenteritis and cholera has been declared in Iloilo City on Tuesday, August 30.

This was after the Iloilo City Health Office (ICHO) recorded a combined 90 cases and four deaths of acute gastroenteritis and cholera as of August 28.

Based on the data of the ICHO-CESU, only three of the 90 confirmed were cholera cases while the rest are acute gastroenteritis cases...

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Source: https://mb.com.ph/2022/09/02/state-o...lera-outbreak/

State of calamity declared in Iloilo City due to acute gastroenteritis, cholera outbreak
Published September 2, 2022, 3:30 PM
by Tara Yap

ILOILO CITY – A state of calamity has been declared in this city due to an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis and cholera, two water-borne and food-borne diseases.

The declaration was formalized Friday, Sept. 2, after the Iloilo City Council held a special session to adopt the recommendation of the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

The Iloilo city government can now use at least P12 million from the Quick Response Fund to curb the rising number of cases and finance testing as well as purchasing medicines and other supplies.

The Iloilo City Health Office (ICHO) has recorded a total of 284 acute gastroenteritis and cholera cases, including seven deaths, as of Sept. 1.

The ICHO-City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) said 52 patients remain in the hospital while 67 are non-hospital cases. A total of 157 people have so far recovered.

Eight of the 284 cases are cholera, it added...

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Source: https://www.panaynews.net/negocc-rec...cholera-cases/

NegOcc records 5 more cholera cases
By Panay News -
Thursday, September 29, 2022
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA

BACOLOD City – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Negros Occidental confirmed yesterday morning another five cases of cholera.

PHO head Dr. Ernell Tumimbang said three cases were recorded in Silay City, one in the town of E.B. Magalona, and one in Victorias City.

“Don’t panic,” Tumimbang said, pointing out that the cases were “isolated”...

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Source: https://www.panaynews.net/cholera-ca...cc-climb-to-7/

Cholera cases in NegOcc climb to 7
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Panay News -
Friday, September 30, 2022

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA

BACOLOD City – The number of cholera cases in Negros Occidental climbed to seven, based on new data released by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) yesterday morning.

According to the PHO, there are now five confirmed cholera cases in Silay City – three from Barangay Guinhalaran and one each from the villages of Lantad and E. Lopez.

The remaining two cholera patients are from Barangay Batea in the town of E.B. Magalona and Sitio Pasil, Barangay 6A in Victorias City...

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Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/tops...ays-doh/story/


Philippines’ cholera cases 282% higher this year at 3,729, says DOH
By GISELLE OMBAY, GMA News
Published October 11, 2022 4:08pm

A total of 3,729 cholera cases have been recorded in the country since January 2022, which is 282% higher compared to the data during the same period last year, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday.
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At a press conference, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that in 2022, there were only 976 cholera cases.

Cumulatively, most of the cholera cases were reported from Eastern Visayas, Davao Region, and Caraga.

From August 28 to September 4 alone, 258 cases were recorded, most of which from Eastern Visayas, Bicol Region, and Western Visayas.

Central Luzon, Western Visayas, and Eastern Visayas, meanwhile, have surpassed the epidemic threshold levels for cholera based on the same period.

Thirty-three people have also died since January this year due to cholera—three of which were logged in July, nine in August, and two in September.

Vergeire said that the most common age group affected with cholera are children aged 5 to 9, primarily due to unsafe drinking water...

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Source: https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/17/cholera...ays-in-negros/

Cholera outbreak declared in 3 barangays in Negros
Published October 17, 2022, 6:15 PM
by Glazyl Masculino

BACOLOD CITY – The local government of E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental declared a cholera outbreak in three barangays on Monday, Oct. 17.

Mayor Marvin Malacon, in a statement, said that it is unfortunate that they recorded four cholera cases, with one fatality, in Barangays Batea, 3 (Poblacion), and Tanza, as per report of the Municipal Health Office.

Two cases were reported in Barangay Tanza, where the fatality lived, while case each was reported in the other two barangays.

The fatality was a 37-year-old man from Hacienda Manalo, who was admitted to the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City, Negros Occidental on Oct. 10. He died of septic shock from infectious diarrhea and severe dehydration the following day...

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Source: https://www.panaynews.net/negocc-cho...ties-now-at-2/


NegOcc cholera cases climb to 12, fatalities now at 2
By Panay News -
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA

BACOLOD City – The number of cholera cases in Negros Occidental climbed to 12, data released by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) yesterday morning showed.

According to PHO head, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, they recorded two cases in Silay City and one in E.B. Magalona town on Sept. 26.

The following day, on Sept. 27, one more cholera case was logged in Victorias City and another one in Silay City...

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Source: https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/26/cholera...colod-village/


Cholera outbreak declared in Bacolod village
Published October 26, 2022, 11:07 PM
by Glazyl Masculino

BACOLOD CITY — The city government here announced on Wednesday, Oct. 26, the City Health Office’s declaration of a cholera outbreak in Barangay Alijis.

The CHO made the declaration after three positive cases of cholera were reported in the said village.

The CHO issued an advisory on Oct. 25 (Tuesday), stating that the reported increasing cases of cholera infection in the village has been causing alarm and apprehension among the residents of the barangay.

The advisory was issued and signed by Dr. Ma. Carmela Gensoli, City Health Officer, pursuant to the provision of Section 7 of Republic Act 11332 or ‘Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act.’...

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Source: https://visayandailystar.com/negros-...cholera-cases/

Published on: 10/26/2022
Negros Occidental logs 17 cholera cases
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN

The Provincial Health Office reported yesterday that cholera cases in Negros Occidental has risen to 17, with deaths remaining at two.

Talisay City joins Silay City and EB Magalona with five cases each, and one each case in Victorias City and Calatrava.

The two cholera-related deaths were reported in EB Magalona and Silay City.

A cholera outbreak was earlier declared by Mayor Marvin Malacon in three the barangays of Tanza, Batea and Poblacion 3 of EB Magalona, Negros Occidental...

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Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1187656

DOH reports 32 suspected cholera deaths, 4K ill in E. Visayas
By Sarwell Meniano November 3, 2022, 2:53 pm Updated on November 3, 2022, 6:02 pm

TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) in Eastern Visayas on Thursday reported 32 deaths suspected to be due to cholera as undetermined water-borne diseases downed 3, 955 from January to October this year.

Of the total number of suspected cases, 403 samples were tested and 87 found positive for cholera through laboratory tests only done at the DOH-Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City.

Of the 87 confirmed infections, 34 were recorded in Tacloban City.

Roderick Boyd Cerro, DOH Eastern Visayas regional epidemiology and surveillance unit manager, said in an interview that the majority of cases are suspected since it is hard to distinguish a single patient with cholera from a patient infected by another pathogen that causes acute watery diarrhea without testing a stool sample...

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Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/05/...al-climb-to-24

Confirmed cholera cases in Negros Occ. climb to 24; 2 dead
ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 2022 12:56 PM

Negros Occidental has tallied 24 confirmed cholera cases — two of whom have died — based on the provincial health office.

Talisay City tallied the most cases (10), followed by neighboring towns Silay and EB Magalona with 5 each. Victorias City and Calatrava have one case each.

Since having no cases in 2019, the provincial government recorded its first case in January 2022...

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Source: https://asianews.network/cholera-sig...ses-up-by-254/

Cholera, sign of inequity, rising in Philippines with cases up by 254%
Out of the 4,102 cholera cases this year, 52 per cent are females while 18 percent are children who are five to nine years old.
Kurt Dela Pena
Philippine Daily Inquirer
AFP
November 8, 2022

MANILA — From 1902 to 1904, cholera, which is a bacterial disease that spreads through contaminated food or water, killed 109,461 people, mostly poor Filipinos who were still reeling from the Philippine-American war.

As stated by the World Health Organization (WHO), cholera remains a threat to public health all over the world, with researchers estimating that yearly, the disease, which is an indicator of “inequity and lack of social development,” is claiming 21,000 to 143,000 lives.

This was the reason that in 2017, when a cholera outbreak was declared in North Cotabato, WHO stressed that safe water, good sanitation and proper hygiene are critical to preventing cholera infection.

According to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), confirmed cholera cases fell in 2018, while infections with the bacteria Vibrio cholerae all over the world likewise decreased by 60 percent that year.

This was an “encouraging trend,” WHO said, with its director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stressing that the drop in cases demonstrated an increased engagement in actions to slow and prevent cholera outbreaks...

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Source: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022...era-cases-rise

Negros Occidental cholera cases rise
Gilbert Bayoran - The Philippine Star
November 23, 2022 | 12:00am

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — Cholera cases in Negros Occidental have continued to increase, with 43 new cases and two deaths reported as of Saturday.

The provincial health office said Talisay City logged the highest number of cases at 20 followed by Silay City, with 15 cases and one death; EB Magalona, six cases and one death, and Manapla and Cadiz City, one case each.

No cholera case was recorded in Negros Occidental in the past three years.

Bacolod City logged 21 cases from January to Nov. 12...