Philippines: 2012 Dengue cases; 701 fatalities

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Dengue Cases In Siquijor Rising
June 19, 2012, 3:02pm

LARENA, Siquijor ? A total of 28 dengue cases were reported by different Disease Reporting Units (DRU) in this province from January to May this year. That figure is 62 percent more compared to the same period last year, according to the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO).

Disease surveillance officer Zellamaye Gascon said only 11 cases were recorded last year...

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Central Mindanao a 'dengue-1' hotspot
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COTABATO CITY, Philippines - Only one of four dengue viral strains, or serotypes is prevalent in Central Mindanao, according to a study by the regional epidemiology center of the Department of Health.

Physician Alah Vingno, chief epidemiologist of the regional office of DOH in Region 12, said they recorded only dengue-1 or ?serotype 1? infections in Central Mindanao, which is easier to treat.

Vingno said there are also serotype 2, 3 and 4 infections, considered the more advanced and more complicated types of dengue.

Vingno?s office recorded a slight uptrend in cases of dengue infections in Region 12 from January to May this year compared to those documented by health workers in the same period last year.

Health workers tallied a total of 1,137 cases in the region in recent months. Eight patients died while undergoing medication...

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Dengue claims 6 victims in Aklan

By Venus G. Villanueva
Friday 22nd of June 2012

KALIBO, Aklan, June 22 (PIA) -- A report from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) here revealed that six Aklanons died of dengue from the January to June 9 of this year.

Of the six deaths, two each were from Kalibo and Ibajay, and one each from New Washington and Malay.

From January to June 9, the PHO has listed a total of 179 dengue cases admitted at various hospitals in Aklan, with eight of these coming from nearby provinces...

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Rise in dengue cases noted in 6 Region 12 villages
By Allen V. Estabillo | Friday| June 22, 2012 |

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 June) ? The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region is closely watching six villages in the region due to the noted rise in dengue cases in the last four weeks.

Dr. Alah Baby Vingno, Department of Health-Region 12 regional epidemiology and surveillance unit chief, said Thursday they monitored the clustering of dengue cases since last month in Barangays Tamontaka, Rosary Heights 10 and Bagua MB, Cotabato City; Labangal in this city; Zone IV of Poblacion in Koronadal City; and, Calabanit in Glan town in Sarangani province.

The DOH?s National Epidemiology Center defined clustering of cases as the emergence of three or more cases in a barangay in four consecutive weeks.

Vingno said such findings were based on the results of its intensified dengue surveillance and monitoring in the region from May 20 to June 16.

Region 12 covers the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotabato and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato.

As of June 16, Vingno said the confirmed dengue cases in the region has so far reached 1,284 or up by two percent from the same period last year...

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DOH: Dengue cases double that of 2011
By Antonio L. Colina IV
Monday, June 25, 2012

THE Department of Health (DOH) in Davao Region announced on Monday the 108 percent increase in dengue cases for the first semester of 2012 compared with the same period last year.

DOH Regional Director Abdullah Dumama, speaking in Monday's Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City, said it recorded a total of 3,083 dengue cases from January to June this year as compared to only 1,363 cases of the same period last year.

He said most of the cases are found in areas identified by the health department here as dengue hotspots. They are in Talomo North and South and Buhangin, Davao City, and Maragusan in Compostela Valley province...

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Dengue Cases Surge In Iloilo, Up 37% In Central Visayas
By TARA YAP
June 26, 2012, 4:09pm

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo ? There has been a 279% increase of dengue cases in the province of Iloilo.
The Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (PESU) of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO) has recorded 629 cases with 12 deaths from January 1 to June 16, 2012.
Some 144 new cases were recorded with Pavia town registering the most number of cases at 73 and three deaths, followed by Dumangas town with 68 cases and two deaths.
Dr. Grace Trabado, provincial health officer, said that while there was a 279% increase for the first six months as compared to the same period of 2011, the number of cases is not considered to be an epidemic.
?It is still manageable,? Trabado said...

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DOH alarmed by spike in dengue cases in Davao City
By Ayan C. Mellejor
Inquirer Mindanao
5:39 pm | Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

DAVAO CITY, Philippines?The Department of Health?s regional office in Southern Mindanao has voiced concern over the sharp increase in dengue cases in Davao City, saying ?it has become unmanageably high? with 2,447 cases from January to June 15 this year compared with 1,175 cases during the same period in 2011.

As of June 12, DOH recorded a total of 27 deaths in the city, almost three times the 10 deaths recorded during the same period last year...

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NegOr has 296 dengue cases, 2 deaths
By Jennifer C. Tilos
Tuesday 26th of June 2012

DUMAGUETE CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- Dengue cases in Negros Oriental have reached an alarming level with 296 cases and two deaths recorded for the first semester of this year, said Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Felix Sy of Negros Oriental Health Office.

The two persons who died of dengue hemorrhagic fever came from the municipalities of Sibulan and Bacong.

Most of the the dengue victims are aged 21 and above, and both female and male almost equally represented.

Sy said the January to June 2012 record is 21.62 percent higher compared to the same period of last year with 232 cases and zero death...

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Another dengue patient dies in GenSan; 6th fatality this year
By Allen V. Estabillo | Saturday| June 30, 2012 |

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/29 June) ? Another dengue patient died here early this week, bringing the confirmed fatalities due to the mosquito-borne disease to six in the last six months, the City Integrated Health Services Office (CIHSO) said Friday.

Dr. Jacinto Makilang, CIHSO?s Inter-Local Health Zone I head, said the latest fatality was a five-year-old girl from Barangay Dadiangas North here who succumbed to complications caused by the viral disease at the city district hospital early Tuesday.

He said the victim, who was identified as Angelica Honrado, was already suffering from advanced stage of dengue when she was brought to hospital for treatment last Monday...

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Zamboanga City tops dengue cases in Region
Saturday, 30 June 2012 11:29

Zamboanga City has topped the number of dengue cases in Region 9 registering a whooping 1,487 patients with 15 deaths and still within the outbreak level.

Dr. Norvie Jalani, chief of the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Department of Health disclosed that based from monitoring, dengue cases all over Region 9 has reached 1,952 from January to present.

Jalani said Zamboanga del Norte follows at number 2 with only 222 dengue cases with two death, Zamboanga del Sur has 143 cases with two mortalities, Zamboanga Sibugay has 97 cases with zero death and Isabela City has 21 cases also with no mortality...

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Dengue fever shows more ?off-the-books? symptoms
Dengue fever alert in Bohol
By Rey Anthony H. Chiu
Monday 2nd of July 2012 TweetFacebookYahooEmailShareThis TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 2 (PIA) -- If dengue fever can manifest in ?by the books? symptoms then, health practitioners are now in for tougher times dealing with the disease that has nipped lives of at least 10 Boholanos since January 2012.

A nurse who sits as Provincial Dengue Program Coordinator and a medical officer based at the Department of Education (DepEd) schools? division office in Bohol confirmed that the new dengue strain, brought by the aedes aegypti mosquitoes, carries symptoms that are not the usual indicators of the disease.

Nurse Polizena Rances and Dr. Aida Calamba of the DepEd here said that dengue then, can be confirmed following symptoms which can be ?read? from their college books: headaches, three days of high fever, vomiting, exhaustion, rashes, swelling in the lymph nodes, intense joint and muscle pains and low platelet count.

Now, dengue fever however, has exhibited quite disturbing symptoms which may lead conflicting medical differential diagnosis, both medical practitioners warned.

"Fever associated with dengue now may not be as high unlike then or platelet count can go erratic that proper medical monitoring is needed," Rances said.

Months ago, health sources revealed that dengue has become more virulent, and the disease comes out during rainy season, when mosquitoes breed in places where water collects after the rain.

At the weekly Kapihan sa PIA on June 28, Rances bared that dengue has hit 273 patients in Bohol from January to the third week of June.

Since then too, ten patients have died marking a case fatality rate of 3.66 percent in Bohol.

According to provincial epidemiology surveillance unit (PESU) Fritzie Olaguir, this is way too high based on the Department of Health standards of one percent of the total cases.

Olaguir also said most fatalities came to hospitals at a rather late admission.

While several patients arrived at the hospitals and health facilities in time, and were properly treated, some of them came too late, proving that tarrying is fatal in dengue cases.

Dr. Calamba, whose agency has spearheaded an anti dengue drive in schools said while prevention of the disease is still a layman?s best defense, seeking immediate medical attention is a crucial step in dengue treatment.

Dr. Calamba, nurses Olaguir, Rances and Angeles Bagnit all pressed that they need communities to join the drive by searching and destroying mosquito breeding places; patients seeking early medical attention; self protection and saying no to indiscriminate fogging. (mbcn/rahc/PIA-Bohol)

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Dengue cases in Central Luzon up by 12%
By Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 TweetFacebookYahooEmailShareThis CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, July 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Health-Center for Health Development-3 (DOH-CHD3) recorded a 12-percent surge in dengue cases in Central Luzon from January to June 30 this year compared to the same period last year.

Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit chief Jesse Fantone said in a press conference in Pampanga on Monday that Central Luzon placed second with 6,241 cases to National Capital Region with the highest cases in the entire archipelago with around 8,000 cases.

Of the seven provinces, Nueva Ecija had the most number of cases at 1,785; Bulacan, 1,745 cases; Pampanga, 1,167; Bataan, 677; Tarlac, 488; Zambales, 348; and Aurora with 31 cases.

Fantone added that Region 3 had 11 deaths during the period; Nueva Ecija had five deaths; Pampanga, three; and the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, and Tarlac with one each.

As the number of cases continue to rise, DOH-CHD-3 is urging the public to conduct clean-up drives in their communities and destroy all possible breeding sites of mosquitoes such as old tires and tin cans.

The agency emphasized the importance of cleaning not only homes and schools but also places like churches and markets as well as the streets and public playgrounds as you cannot pinpoint where one gets bitten by a dengue-carrying mosquito.

Dengue is a disease caused by the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is active during daytime. Headache, fever, muscle and joint pains, and skin rashes characterize the disease. In extreme cases, gums and nose may bleed. (WLB/CLJD-PIA3)

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Ilocos Sur has less dengue cases but more dengue deaths
Residents told,"Don't be complacent"
By Imelda C. Rivero
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 TweetFacebookYahooEmailShareThis VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur, July 4 (PIA) -- The Provincial Health Office explained the increase in deaths despite the lower number of dengue cases this year.

Dr. Pablo Quedado said there were four deaths of the 155 cases listed in Ilocos Sur from January to June 25 this year. For the same period in 2011, there were two deaths and 248 reported.
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Caloocan village remaining dengue hotspot
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Posted at 07/04/2012 4:16 PM | Updated as of 07/04/2012 4:16 PM

MANILA, Philippines ? A barangay in Caloocan City is the remaining village in Metro Manila that is still on the list of dengue hotspots for the past four weeks.

Regional Director Eduardo Janairo of the Department of Health Center for Health Development-National Capital Region (DOH CHD-NCR), named the area as Barangay 176 in Caloocan City...

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NDRRMC Reports Agusan Dengue Outbreak
By ELENA L. ABEN
July 10, 2012, 6:13pm
MANILA, Philippines ? The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported yesterday that two children have died in a dengue outbreak in Esperanza town, Agusan Del Sur.

Citing a report from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) of Caraga, the outbreak occured at Purok 8, 8A, 9, and 10 in Barangay Poblacion, Esperanza town.

At least 29 confirmed dengue cases have been recorded, with the victims ranging from 1 to 19 years old, said the NDRRMC.

Two of the victims have died. They were identified as Cristal Grace Fuertes, 10; and Rosegen Omak, 3.
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Ifugao health office records 287 dengue cases
By Vivencia D. Bulayungan
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 LAGAWE, Ifugao, July 11 (PIA) -- The Provincial Health Office here recorded 287 cases of dengue suspects from January 1-June 30 compared to 149 for the same period last year.

Provincial health officer Dr. Mary Jo Dulawan said in "Humangan with PIA" program that these are still considered suspected cases since they showed signs/symptoms of the said disease such as fever and rashes.

She also disclosed that there was no mortality during the said period. The recent victim, a 22-year-old policeman assigned at the Lagawe police station, who died of the same symptoms of dengue, falls in the month of July.

Of the reported cases, Lagawe registered the highest number of cases at 98; followed by Lamut, 51,; and Alfonso Lista, 42. The other municipalities have the following number of cases: Kiangan-22; Aguinaldo-21; Asipulo and Hingyon have 12 each; Hungduan-10; Banaue-five and Mayoyao-four.

She attributed the high number of cases to the congested households, stored water in containers which is the favorite breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitoes, and the mobility of people. ?This is the capital town so people tend to come here and transact business whether personal or official,? Dulawan said.

She urged the public to clean their surroundings everydy, get rid of tin cans and other materials where rain water is stored especially during rainy season.

Dengue is a viral disease which is common during rainy season and transmitted by a mosquito called Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.

Dulawan further averred that the PHO conducted the following activities in connection to the eradication of the said disease: advocacy on the simultaneous search and destroy activities of barangays, launching of the Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue in June 15 which advocates search and destroy activities. and early referral to health centers of fever cases for evaluation, treatment and/or management and continuous monitoring of health situation by barangay officials as well as personnel from the local health offices. (JDP/VDB-PIA CAR, Ifugao)

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Dengue Cases In QC Up
By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
July 11, 2012, 5:45pm
The Quezon City Health Department said the number of dengue cases in the city from January to June 30 this year is higher by 35 percent compared to the same period in 2011.

There are 3,406 recorded dengue cases for the first six months this year in Quezon City compared to the 2,513 over the same period of 2011.

Despite the rise in dengue cases, Quezon City health officer Antonietta Inumerable said the number of deaths due to dengue dropped to 15 compared to 19 last year.
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8 Koronadal villages considered dengue hotspots
By Danilo E. Doguiles
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 11 (PIA) -- Eight of the 27 barangays here have been considered dengue hotspots, an official of the City Health Office here said.

City health officer Dr. Jean Genevieve Aturdido identified these barangays as General Paulino Santos (GPS), Zones 2, 3, and 4, Sta. Cruz, Sto. Nino, Morales and Carpenter Hill, where they have concentrated intensified anti-dengue campaigns.

?These barangays are now actively involved in regular cleanup of possible mosquito breeding places as well as in house-to-house campaign to remind villagers of the dangers of dengue as well as means to prevent its spread,? she said.

Last week, two children succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease, the city health office reported.

Clustering or presence of three or more cases in four consecutive weeks has been reported in barangay GPS.

Aturdido warned parents to monitor their children?s conditions and to seek medical attention if their children have fever that lasts more than one day.

She added that with almost daily rain, the number of dengue cases could rise further.

?During the last week of June we monitored 69 cases; this week the number could reach 80,? she said, adding that they are closely monitoring dengue admissions in hospitals here.

Report from the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH) 12 said cases in Soccsksargen Region as of July 7 has already reached 1,907, an increase of 24 percent as compared to 1,532 cases in the 27th week last year.

Most dengue cases were reported from North Cotabato with 940, followed by South Cotabato (314), Cotabato City (243), General Santos City (204), Sarangani (114), and Sultan Kudarat (94).

Sharp increases were reported in Cotabato City at 109 percent and North Cotabato at 94 percent.

Same RESU-DOH 12 report indicated that 15 persons have already died from dengue this year: five each in General Santos City and North Cotabato, three in South Cotabato , and two in Sarangani.

However, the two deaths in Koronadal City have not yet been included in the DOH 12 report since these were only confirmed over the weekend, thus, increasing the number of deaths in South Cotabato to five and the entire Soccsksargen Region to 17.

South Cotabato Provincial Health Officer Dr. Rogelio Aturdido noted that although the total number of dengue cases in the province this year has remained 16 percent lower than the figures at the same time last year, the number of deaths has more than doubled from two in the 27th week last year to five as of this weekend.

?There seems to be slackening in the public?s compliance with the second reminder of the 4S approach, which is to seek early consultation,? he observed.

DOH?s 4S Kontra Dengue strategy consists of Search and Destroy, Seek early consultation, Self-protective measures and Say no to indiscriminate fogging.

He also reminded the public to re-activate the 4 o?clock habit of cleaning mosquito breeding areas such as gutters, tires, drums, vases, flower pots and other places with stagnant water.

Other measures being implemented include intensification of ?bayanihan? at village level, information campaign especially in schools and distribution of chemically-treated nets.

This week, the South Cotabato Schools Division has started organizing Little Dengue Brigade (LDB) in public elementary schools.

Led by classroom officers in Grades 5 and 6, the LDBs conduct activities that would ensure that their school environs are kept free of dengue carrying mosquitoes. (DEDoguiles/PIA 12)

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Ifugao cop dies due to dengue
By Vency D. Bulayungan
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 LAGAWE, Ifugao, July 11 (PIA) -- A 22-year-old policeman is dengue?s latest victim in the province of Ifugao.

Medical records show that PO1 Nylthon Lubbong has been in and out of the hospital because of dengue. He has had checkups at the Ifugao General Hospital on June 20 and July 3. He allegedly suffered from high fever, cough, headache and had rashes on his body. Lubbong was transferred and confined at the Veterans Memorial Hospital in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya until he died on July 7.

Lubbong was one of the 11 field training program students of Public Safety Basic Recruit Course Class assigned at the Lagawe Police Station since May 24 for a six-month training.

Executive assistant Ignacio Bunnolna warned municipal employees to take precautionary measures against dengue.

Data from the Provincial Health Office said that from January to June of this year, 98 cases have already been reported in the province.

Dengue, said health authorities, is a viral disease which is common during rainy season and transmitted by a mosquito called Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The dengue mosquito is a small, black and white insect with stripes all over its body. It prefers to bite just after sunrise and before sunset.

Aedes aegypti prefers to rest indoors in cool, shady places, dark corners and indoor closets while Aedis albopictus prefers to rest outdoors among shrubs and trees. Anyone can get sick with dengue regardless of age, sex, health and social status however, infants and school children are mostly affected. (JDP/VDB-PIA CAR Ifugao)

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