Philippines Dengue 2013

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Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2013/04/14/dengue-cases-high-first-quarter-doh-277597


Dengue cases high in first quarter: DOH
Sunday, April 14, 2013

THE Department of Health (DOH) in Davao region recorded an increase of 82 percent in dengue cases for the first three months this year compared to the same period last year..

According to the Department of Health-Update on Dengue Surveillance, the region has a total of 2,425 cases, with 24 deaths in just 12 weeks this year.

The figure showed a huge increase compared to the number of dengue cases for the first three months in 2010 with 1,331 cases and 13 deaths.

However, the DOH said the case fatality rate remained the same with 1.0 percent...

 

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Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1471366185867

DOH reports decrease of dengue cases in NorMin

By Jorie C. Valcorza
Wednesday 17th of April 2013

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) Region 10 has recorded a significant decrease of dengue cases in the region from January to April 2013.

From 632 cases in January, it dropped to 115 as of April 12...

 

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Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=8764&sid=1&subid=2#.UXUfhIJpehc



Report: 7 dead from Dengue in 1Q of 2013
By Jenny F. Manongdo
Published: April 22, 2013

...According to a report from the DOH Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU), total of 2,332 dengue cases were admitted in NCR hospitals from January 1 to April 13, 2013.

The figure is 61 percent lower compared to the same period last year where 5,948 cases were recorded.

" There were 25 admissions for this week alone. Most dengue cases are from the cities of Quezon (452), Manila (378), Caloocan (260), Paranaque (150), Pasig (137), Pasay (131), Malabon (119) an Valenzuela (109). Affected ages are from 1 month to 77 years old. Most of those affected are from 15 to -49 years old at 43 percent. Majority or 54 percent were males," Janairo said...

 

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DOH reports increase of dengue cases; 10 deaths this year

By Bernadette A. Parco
Saturday, April 27, 2013

THE Department of Health (DOH 7) calls on local government units to intensify the information campaign on dengue as cases have increased by more than 100 percent compared to last year.

The Regional Epidemiological Surveillance Unit (Resu) has recorded 4,482 dengue cases and 10 deaths from January 1 to April 13, 2013, which is 105.8 percent higher compared to the same period last year.

Last year, the Resu recorded 2,177 dengue cases and 18 deaths from disease reporting units in Central Visayas.
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/loca...s-increase-dengue-cases-10-deaths-year-279666

 

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Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=10354&sid=1&subid=5#.UYOSx4Jpehc

Cebu dengue cases rise
By Mars W. Mosqueda Jr.
Published: May 3, 2013

CEBU CITY ? The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) on Friday revealed that cases of dengue have increased from January to April this year to 723, nearly 20 percent higher compared with the number cases during the same period of last year.

At least two patients have died during the first quarter of the year, said the city's CHD, and the number of cases are expected to increase after the summer season.

Barangay Talamban now leads the list of infected areas with 47 cases following by barangay Guadalupe with 44 cases. For years, Guadalupe, the biggest barangay in Cebu City, was always on top of the list...

 

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Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/05/17/13/dengue-cases-iloilo-rise-743

Dengue cases in Iloilo rise to 743
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 05/17/2013 12:34 PM | Updated as of 05/17/2013 12:34 PM

MANILA, Philippines -- Three children in Cabanatuan, Iloilo died due to dengue fever, authorities said Thursday.

The children were aged between four and six years old.

Since the start of the year until May 4, the provincial health office has recorded 743 dengue cases in Iloilo.

Six of the 743 died.

The number of dengue cases recorded this year is up by 183 percent compared to the same period in 2012...

 

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Source: http://www.solarnews.ph/lifestyle/h...engue-cases-in-metro-are-down-64#.UZqViIJpehc


Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
DOH: Dengue cases in Metro are down 64%

The Department of Health (DOH) reports a 64 percent decrease in the number of dengue cases in Metro Manila since January, compared to the same period last year.

DOH recorded 2,761 dengue cases and seven fatalities, compared to last year's figure of 7,649...

 

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Report: Dengue claims 6 lives in Iloilo
May 22, 2013 7:42am

Tags: Iloilo City
At least six people in Iloilo have succumbed to dengue so far this year, provincial health authorities said.

The Iloilo Provincial Health Office's Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit also noted a whopping 178-percent rise in cases from Jan. 1 to May 11, the Daily Guardian reported.

It noted three fatalities from Cabatuan town, and one fatality each from Banate, Estancia, and New Lucena towns.
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http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/309463/news/regions/report-dengue-claims-6-lives-in-iloilo

6-year-old boy dies of dengue

By Carla N. Canet
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

DENGUE fever claimed the life of a six-year-old boy from Barangay Tangub
last week, Dr. Grace Tan, head of the Environmental Sanitation Division of the Bacolod City Health Office, reported.

Tan said the total cases of dengue from January 1 to May 15 this year had increased ?- 726 cases compared to 68 last year covering the same period.
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/local-news/2013/05/21/6-year-old-boy-dies-dengue-283549

 

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Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=461369213094

DOH reports increasing dengue cases in Cagayan Valley
By Oliver T. Baccay
Thursday 23rd of May 2013

TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 23 (PIA) --The Department of Health (DOH) Region 2 has recorded 1,238 dengue fever cases with two deaths from January 1 ? May 11, 2013, an increase of three percent compared to last year of the same period.

DOH Information Officer Alan Sibal said that last year, there were only 1,205 cases recorded but on the deaths due to dengue, there is a 67 percent decrease.

In a DOH report, Cagayan is the most at risk with 779 cases, followed by Isabela with 379 including the two deaths, Nueva Vizcaya with 65, and Quirino with 15. Batanes province remains to be dengue-free...

 

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Despite rise in Dengue cases, deaths lower - DOH
May 28, 2013 11:35pm

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Citing a Department of Health data from January 1 to May 4, 2013, a report aired over GMA 7’s “24 Oras” said that dengue cases increased by 7.47 percent to 33,458 this year from 31,133 dengue cases posted in the same period last year.

The television report noted that from January to May 4, 2013, there had been 149 recorded deaths due to the mosquito-inflicted disease, lower compared to the 211 deaths posted in the same period last year.
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Rouchelle R. Dinglasan/DVM, GMA News

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/stor...despite-rise-in-dengue-cases-deaths-lower-doh

 

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Dengue kills 5 in Kidapawan

By Malu Cadeli?a Manar
Sunday, June 9, 2013

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Five villages here are considered "dengue hotspots" after they recorded high incidence of the disease from January until May this year, data from the City Health Office showed.

These areas included Barangays Poblacion, Singao, Kalasuyan, Lanao, and Balindog.

Data showed that Poblacion recorded 95 dengue cases; Singao, 31; Balindog, 17; Lanao, 17; and Kalasuyan, 10.

Dr. Ted Calica, assistant city health officer, said the city recorded 277 dengue cases from January until May 31. Of the number, five died, mostly children aged 4 to 10.
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2013/06/09/dengue-kills-5-kidapawan-286528

Dengue cases reach 5,559 in Cebu

ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 06/09/2013 2:37 PM | Updated as of 06/09/2013 2:37 PM
MANILA ? As the rainy season in the country begins, the Department of Health (DOH) is taking its anti-dengue campaign in Cebu, which now tops the list of provinces where dengue is most prevalent.

The DOH has already recorded 5,559 dengue cases in Cebu with 17 dead as of May 25.
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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/06/09/13/dengue-cases-reach-5559-cebu

Dengue toll rises; kills 5 (Bohol)
This early, dengue has claimed five and has afflicted 688 lives in the opening five months alone of 2013, data from the Provincial Health Office shows.

The figures also raised the alarm and the call for a more serious community effort to thwart the rising death toll from this latest scourge hitting the province, said the PHO who continue to monitor the threatening dengue trend.
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PHO notes high cases reported from Tagbilaran City at 148. Other than the city, also noted with high incidence of dengue are Loon (102), Talibon (52), Dauis (41), Panglao (31), Jagna (32), Tubigon (24), Getafe (19), Baclayon (17), and Calape (15).
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http://www.theboholstandard.com/fpa...s7=&s8=1495&s9=&s10=&s11=&s12=&s13=&s14=&s15=

 

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Dengue death toll reaches 31 in Davao Region--DOH
TUESDAY, 11 JUNE 2013 09:06
BY EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ
Dengue has claimed 31 lives as of June 4, 2013 in Region 11, according to Department of Health (DOH) Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) 11 report.
DOH 11 regional epidemiology surveillance unit head Cleo Fe Tabada said during the Kapehan sa Dabaw SM Annex, Ecoland yesterday said that dengue cases in the region rose to 4,916 from January to June 04, 2013 or an increase of 63.05 percent from 3,015 cases recorded during over the same period last year.
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http://www.edgedavao.net/index.php?...ao-region-doh&catid=68:the-big-news&Itemid=96

 

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Dengue cases up 552%

By Teresa Ellera
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

THE number of dengue cases in the province has increased by 552 percent from January to June this year compared to the same period last year.

Based on the record of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), this year's dengue cases already reached 1,538 with two deaths.

Those who died of dengue were reported in Sagay City and Bago City.
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/local-news/2013/06/12/dengue-cases-552-287011

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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DOH: 42,207 dengue cases, 193 deaths from January to 1st week of June
June 15, 2013 4:06am

At least 42,207 dengue cases, 193 of them fatal, had been recorded from January to the first week of June this year, even as the Department of Health pushed for the "basics" of early prevention and community action.

The DOH's National Epidemiology Center said the total figure represents a one-percent decline, or 456 fewer cases, compared to the same period in 2012.

A breakdown of data showed that most of the dengue cases from Jan. 1 to June 8 were recorded in:

- Central Visayas (6,023 cases, 51-percent increase)
- Calabarzon (4,742, 17-percent decrease)
- Davao Region (4,364, 30-percent increase)
- Western Visayas (4,444, 102-percent increase)
- SOCCKSARGEN (3,963, 126-percent increase).
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http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/stor...s-193-deaths-from-january-to-1st-week-of-june

 

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Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013...-declares-state-calamtiy-over-dengue-outbreak

South Cotabato municipality declares state of calamtiy over dengue outbreak
(philstar.com) | Updated June 28, 2013 - 3:47pm

KORONADAL CITY, Philippines --- The local government of nearby Tupi town in South Cotabato on Wednesday declared the municipality under state of calamity following a sudden rise in dengue cases among local residents in recent months.

Jenny Ventura, information officer of the Department of Health for Region 12, told The Star Friday that health workers in Tupi have recorded 255 dengue cases from January to June 2013 alone...

 

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DOH: Fewer leptospirosis, dengue cases this year

Published : Sunday, June 30, 2013 00:00 Article Views : 84

THE Department of Health has reported fewer dengue and leptospirosis cases from January to June this year, compared to the same period last year.

Based on the report from the DoH-National Epidemiology Center, dengue cases from January 1 to June 15 numbered 45,037, 2.8 percent lower than last year?s 46,336 cases, while a total of 498 leptospirosis cases were reported, 75.61 percent lower compared to the number of cases from the same period last year.

The DoH said there were 204 deaths due to dengue and 40 people died from leptospirosis.
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http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php...oh-fewer-leptospirosis-dengue-cases-this-year

 

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Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1151373001331

Dengue cases up in EVisayas
By Aurora J. Casimpan
Friday 5th of July 2013

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, July 5 (PIA) -- The rainy season has contributed in the increase of dengue cases in the region.

The Department of Health has reported that while dengue is endemic in the region, the number of cases increases during the rainy season.

Boyd Cerro, DOH regional sentinel nurse, revealed that this year?s dengue cases recorded from February to early June is 1,740 from 118 of the region?s 143 cities and municipalities. Record of the health department shows that of the 1,740 cases admitted in hospitals, 968 were in Leyte; 288 in Northern Samar; 204 in Eastern Samar; 186 in Samar; 60 in Southern Leyte; and 34 in Biliran...

 

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Source: http://www.tempo.com.ph/2013/07/dengue-alert/#.UdbAMlNpehc

Dengue alert
Posted by Online on Jul 5th, 2013

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY ? Health authorities alerted residents against dengue disease that claimed five lives and registered 921 cases in Bukidnon.

The provincial health office (PHO) of Bukidnon and the City Health Offices (CHO?s) in Malaybalay and Valencia raised the dengue alarm due to a sharp increase in dengue cases since early this year.

Surveillance report of the Provincial Health Office recorded 921 dengue cases with five deaths from January to June alone. This is 268 percent higher than the 250 cases posted in the same period last year...

 

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Source: http://www.rappler.com/nation/33088-dengue-outbreak-iloilo

Dengue outbreak strikes 1,800 in Iloilo
by AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Posted on 07/06/2013 5:02 PM | Updated 07/06/2013 5:19 PM

ILOILO, Philippines ? The number of dengue cases has surged in this Western Visayas province, infecting more than 1,800 people and killing at least 10, a provincial official said Saturday, July 6.

The number of people struck down by the mosquito-borne disease in Iloilo this year is already 71% higher than the same period last year, provincial administrator Raul Banias told Agence France-Presse...

 

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Negros Occidental?s dengue fever cases rise 717% in first half of 2013
By Carla Gomez
Inquirer Visayas
3:40 pm | Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines?Negros Occidental recorded more dengue fever cases and deaths from January to June 22 this year compared to the same period in 2012, local health authorities said. Fourteen have died of dengue fever in the province, much more than last year?s three.
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Negros Occidental has recorded 2,511 dengue fever cases for the same period in 2013, 717 percent higher than the 307 cases reported in the same period in 2012.

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