Philippines: Dengue cases 2009

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Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/1081-dengue-cases-noted-bacolod

1,081 dengue cases noted in Bacolod

BACOLOD City has recorded a total of 1,081 dengue cases as of October 10, records from the City Health Office (CHO) showed.

Barangay Estefania had the highest number of dengue cases at 138 among its 31,840 residents, followed by Villamonte with 121 cases, Mansilingan-88, Taculing - 68, Bata - 63, Alijis - 60, Tangub - 58, Mandalagan - 55, Banago - 48, Singcang - 40, Handumanan - 37, Granada -28, Pahanocoy - 26 and Barangay 7- 21 dengue cases.


Villamonte has a total population of 40,148, Mansilingan - 37,774, Taculing - 40,686, Bata- 26,848, Alijis- 20,686, Mandalagan - 22,734, Banago - 28,257, Tangub - 32,885, Alijis - 20,686, Bata - 26,848, Handumanan - 26,578, Barangay 7 - 3,738, Singcang - 32,714, Granada - 23,868 and Pahanocoy - 12,654.

City Health officer Salome Bi?as said victims of dengue in these barangays involved all ages, noting that latest record from the different hospitals in the city showed that Bacolod now has nine deaths due to dengue.

In 2008, four deaths were recorded while in 2007, CHO recorded 18 dengue casualties.

She said the CHO is campaigning for the disposal of old tires that are stocked in one area to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes carrying dengue, noting that health workers in every barangay also continue the monitoring and campaigning to avoid the increase of dengue cases in their respective areas.

Mayor Evelio Leonardia, in the meantime, said dengue prevention "is everybody's business and we should try to maintain the cleanliness of our surroundings in order to avoid dengue." (Merlinda A. Pedrosa)

Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on October 26, 2009.

 

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Dengue death toll in Cebu now 34

At least 34 people, mostly children, have died due to the mosquito-borne dengue disease in the city since January of this year, the City Epidemiology Statistics and Surveillance Unit (CESSU) revealed.

CESSU Assistant Head Durinda Macasocol said the figure is still lower than the 49 recorded deaths on the same period of last year. So far 1,670 persons have been confined in different hospitals in Cebu City since January after they were bitten by dengue-carrying mosquitoes.

Macasocol said health officials are now implementing another way to minimize, if not to totally eliminate, the problem of dengue virus through the new procedure of applying chemicals to curtains and mosquito nets.

She explained that the health officials will go to the barangays and will ask the constituents of the place to bring their clean curtains and mosquito nets to be soaked into a basin of water laced with chemicals.

?One the strategies we are conducting to help prevent dengue fever infection is the impregnation of curtains and mosquito nets with chemicals that will kill the adult aedes,? she said, referring to the dengue-carrying mosquito aedes aegypti.

Macasocol explained that the chemical that they are using has been proven very effective against mosquitoes. #

 

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Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&fi=p091112.htm&no=62

January-October dengue cases in Western Visayas recorded at 3,574

by T. Villavert

Iloilo City (12 November) -- The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health, Center for Health Development-Western Visayas, reported that a total of 3,574 dengue cases were admitted to different sentinel hospitals in Region VI from January 1 to October 3, 2009.

The RESU report disclosed that the Province of Negros Occ. and Bacolod City got the highest admission of cases, while the City and Province of Iloilo got the highest number of recorded deaths.

Dengue cases in Negros Occidental was recorded at 760 with 14 deaths, and Bacolod City with 848 cases and 7 deaths; while Iloilo City has 802 cases with 24 deaths and Iloilo Province- 646 cases and 13 recorded deaths. For Antique- 133 cases and 1 death; Capiz- 179 cases and 3 deaths; Guimaras-68 cases and 1 death; and Aklan with 75 cases only.

Children below ten are most affected, the RESU report disclosed.

The DOH is continuously advising the public to properly dispose of their tin cans, empty bottles, used tires and other containers so that these do not become artificial mosquito-breeding places.

Dengue is a viral disease common during rainy season, and is transmitted by the bite of an infected aedes mosquito.

Aedes mosquitoes are considered ?day biters? with two peaks of biting activities, one at sunrise and another before sunset.

The public is urged to make it a habit to sustain the cleaning of the surroundings, especially the inside portions of the house, the DOH said. (PIA)

 

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Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/230986/caloocan-reports-47-drop-dengue-cases

Caloocan reports 47% drop in dengue cases
By WILLIE L. CATAPAT
November 24, 2009, 3:58pm

Cases of dengue in Caloocan City dropped by 47 percent this year, highlighting the success of the anti-dengue program of the local government and the Department of Health (DoH) in the locality.

Mayor Enrico Echiverri said for the period until Nov. 15 this year, the Caloocan Health Department identified a total of 1,012 dengue cases compared to 1,897 cases last year.

Twelve deaths were also recorded, which were significantly lower compared to the 20 dengue-related deaths last year.

Echiverri said Caloocan City?s cumulative fatality rate of 1.0 percent is also within the allowable limit imposed by the DoH.

?The number of those admitted for dengue at different reporting institutions and health centers has been lessened by almost half the number of the potentially deadly mosquito-borne dengue fever during the same 11-month period last year,? Echiverri said.

The mayor, however, said although these indices were lower than last year, preventive measures should not be relaxed as dengue fever cases are still being recorded in neighboring cities and municipalities.

City health officer Dr. Raquel So-Sayo said the decrease could be attributed to the use of anti-larval medicine before the peak of the mosquito breeding season this year, the clustering of affected barangays and the massive anti-dengue information campaign being pushed by the city health department.

So-Sayo said among the sentinel reporting institutions in the city, the Manila Central University Hospital recorded the highest number of cases with 150 or 14.8 percent.

This was followed by the President Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Medical Center with 134 or 13.2 percent nd the Nodado General Hospital in Camarin with 25 dengue cases or 2.5 percent.

So-Sayo advised residents to maintain environmental sanitation by covering water drums and pails and to replace water in flower vases regularly.

 

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Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p091208.htm&no=29&r=&y=&mo=

Dengue kills 6 in Nueva Vizcaya

by Ben Moses Ebreo

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya (December 8) -- The dreaded dengue disease has claimed the lives of 6 people in the province this year, according to health officials here.

Frisco Dumale, provincial health office (PHO) dengue disease prevention program coordinator said the fatalities came from the 291 dengue cases in the 15 towns of Nueva Vizcaya.

"This report covers only from January to October this year. We hope that the figure will no increase anymore because of our intensified dengue prevention programs and activities," Dumale said.

Out of the 15 municipalities in the province, Bayombong town tops the number of monitored dengue cases at 55, followed by Bambang at 45, Aritao town with 35 cases, Solano with 29 cases, Dupax del Norte with 28 cases, Kasibu town with 22 cases, Dupax del Sur with 19 cases, Bagabag with 14 cases, Sta. Fe town with 13 cases, Villaverde with 10 cases, Kayapa and Quezon towns with 7 cases, Ambaguio with 5, Bayombong with 3 cases, Solano, Villaverde and Bagabag towns with 1 case each. The victims, he said aged 7 to 10.

Dengue disease prevention programs and activities are being undertaken by the provincial health office and local government units to educate and orient residents on how to prevent the disease in their respective houses. (PIA NVizcaya) [top]

 

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Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=532154&publicationSubCategoryId=107

Cebu News
Barangay Inayawan resident is 39th dengue casualty
(The Freeman) Updated December 13, 2009 12:00 AM

CEBU, Philippines - The dreaded dengue virus has again struck here in the city killing another person, this time in barangay Inayawan, who became the 39th casualty since January.

Durinda Macasocol, the assistant chief of the City Epidemiology Statistics and Surveillance Unit, has failed to provide the details about the latest casualty as she was out of the office yesterday.

While the death toll this year is comparatively lower than in last year?s 52 casualties for the same period, but Mayor Tomas Osme?a said he was not happy about it because his wish is to totally eliminate dengue-related deaths.

Statistics showed that there were 2,067 cases of dengue in Cebu City from January to December 3, much higher than the 1,173 for the same period in 2008.

Macasocol said that about two to three persons are being afflicted with the dengue virus for every 1,000 population and most of them are males with ages ranging from five months to 75 years old.? Rene U. Borromeo/MEEV (FREEMAN NEWS)

 

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CHO: 44 died of dengue in 2009
Written by: Fusilero , Kristianne
Monday, 04 January 2010

THE CITY Health Office revealed that dengue claimed 44 lives in Davao City all of last year.

?It will then increase this year if Davaoe?os would not maintain cleanliness in their surroundings,? city health officer Dr. Josephine J. Villafuerte told the Times.

Villafuerte said the only way to lessen the number of deaths is to clean the surroundings especially in swampy areas where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes lay their eggs. She said the people should not be complacent when dealing with weeding out the dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
Most of the casualties contracted the dengue hemorrhagic fever twice. She said the mutation of dengue had developed and the manifestation was more severe than the first time they got dengue.

A total of 3,092 dengue cases were recorded by the office last year. In a Times report earlier, the number of dengue cases surged to 31 percent during the first seven months last year compare to the whole year of 2008.

In the data from the said office as of January to August last year, there were already a total of 2,488 dengue cases. As recorded: January (157), February (183), March (250), April (298), May (325), June (437), July (455), and August (383).

Villafuerte said the city government has been constantly monitoring and educating the public particularly in dengue-prone areas such as Talomo, Buhangin and Agdao.

?Prevention is thus important,? Villlafuerte said.
The Department of Health advisory urges the public to cover drums and pails at all times to prevent mosquitoes from breeding, clean all containers once a week and scrub the sides to remove mosquito eggs, clean gutters of leaves and debris which become fertile grounds for mosquitoes to breed, and collect all unusable tin cans, jars, bottles and other items that can collect and hold water.

 

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Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p100106.htm&no=50

PIA Press Release
2010/01/06

Dengue claims 21 Negrenses; anti-dengue campaign starts

Negros Occ. (6 January) -- The Provincial Health Office announced the death of 21 Negrenses due to dengue in 2009 as the all-year-round campaign against the dreaded disease starts this month.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Luisa Efren said there were 1,392 dengue cases last year and a 50 percent rise in mortality was noted compared to the year 2008 where 1,192 cases were recorded with 11 deaths.

The increase in death, she said, could be due to delayed consultation and treatment and poor access to the nearest medical facility.

Dengue used to be a seasonal disease usually during rainy season only, now the office has to engage in a whole-year-round campaign because of the unpredictability of the weather which she hinted, could be caused by climate change.

On top of the list of what the people should do is to "identify the breeding places and destroy them," he told PIA.

These places are usually stagnant water in tires, cans, and plants. Stored water should be covered and houses and the community should join hands in cleaning the surroundings.

She also said the 4S in fighting dengue will help bring down dengue cases. These are: 1. Search and destroy the breeding places of mosquitoes 2. Self-protection- wear long sleeves and long pants to minimize skin exposure 3. Seek early treatment and 4. Say no to indiscriminate fogging.

A person with fever should seek medical help after two days and should not wait for three days as if she or he has dengue, the disease could complicate and put the patient's life at risk. (PIA-LOL)

 

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Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&fi=p100108.htm&no=33

2010/01/08

Dengue cases up by 43%, 39 deaths in Region 2

Tuguegarao City (8 January) -- The Department of Health (DOH) Region 2 has recorded 39 deaths due to dengue in Cagayan Valley Region.

Based on the reported cases, from January to December 15, 2009, there were 2,089 dengue cases reported, a 43 percent increase as compared to 1,176 cases reported in 2008 of the same period.

The report shows that Cagayan province posted the highest number of cases of 42 percent, seconded by Isabela with 41 percent, 14 percent from Nueva Vizcaya and only 3 percent was recorded from Quirino province while no reported cases from the province of Batanes.

Out of these, 2 cities and 1 municipality were enlisted as hotspots of dengue after posting high percentage of dengue cases. Santiago City has 17 percent followed by Baggao, Cagayan with 11 percent and Tuguegarao City with 10 percent of the total cases in Cagayan Valley.

The areas to where most of the fatalities were recorded are in Cagayan province with Tuguegarao City as the lead with 14 deaths.

Because of this, Dr. Marianne Lynn de Laza of DOH said they are conducting a stepped up drive against the spread of dengue in the enlisted hotspots in the region.

De Laza said the early arrival of the rainy season and the severe wet weather conditions in the latter part of last year are attributed to the upsurge of dengue cases in the region.

With this, the health officials are doing massive information campaign and to continue give education, a heightened campaign to make sure residents keep their surroundings clean and dry. (Oliver B./PIA 2)

 

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Source: http://www.thenewstoday.info/2010/01/08/dengue.claims.21.negrenses.html

January 8, 2010 Iloilo City, Philippines
Dengue claims 21 Negrenses; anti-dengue campaign starts

THE Provincial Health Office announced the death of 21 Negrenses due to dengue in 2009 as the all-year-round campaign against the dreaded disease starts this month.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Luisa Efren said there were 1,392 dengue cases last year and a 50 percent rise in mortality was noted compared to the year 2008 where 1,192 cases were recorded with 11 deaths.

The increase in death, she said, could be due to delayed consultation and treatment and poor access to the nearest medical facility.

Dengue used to be a seasonal disease usually during rainy season only, now the office has to engage in a whole-year-round campaign because of the unpredictability of the weather which she hinted, could be caused by climate change.

On top of the list of what the people should do is to ?identify the breeding places and destroy them,? he told PIA.

These places are usually stagnant water in tires, cans, and plants. Stored water should be covered and houses and the community should join hands in cleaning the surroundings.

She also said the 4S in fighting dengue will help bring down dengue cases. These are: 1. Search and destroy the breeding places of mosquitoes 2. Self-protection- wear long sleeves and long pants to minimize skin exposure 3. Seek early treatment and 4. Say no to indiscriminate fogging.

A person with fever should seek medical help after two days and should not wait for three days as if she or he has dengue, the disease could complicate and put the patient?s life at risk. (PIA-LOL)

 

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Re: Philippines: Dengue cases 2009

Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p100113.htm&no=61

PIA Press Release
2010/01/13

Dengue kills 9 Capice?os in 2009

by Jemin B. Guillermo

Roxas City (13 January) -- The dreaded dengue had claimed the lives of 9 Capice?os in 2009.

Data from the Provincial Health Office of Capiz show that last year, the province had registered a total of 306 dengue cases with 9 deaths.

Of the total cases in Capiz, some 158 were from Roxas City followed by Panay and Dumalag towns with 28 and 16 cases, respectively.

On the other hand, the towns of Mambusao and Panay had 15 cases each, while Dao and Pontevedra had also 14 cases each.

The same data also showed that 12 cases were registered in President Roxas, 8 in Sigma, 5 in Maayon and 4 in Panitan.

Three cases each were recorded in Ivisan, Sapian and Tapaz, 2 in Pilar and only one case in Jamindan.

The PHO also noted a 143 percent increase in the number of cases last year compared to the 126 cases which were recorded in 2008.

Earlier, Dr. Elmer Bucayan, Department of Health representative in Capiz said that mosquitoes continue to thrive and bring dreaded diseases to the people because of the global problem on climate change.

Bucayan said that aside from dengue, filariasis and malaria are also caused by mosquitoes.

He reminded anew the public to get involve and actively participate in the campaign in order to protect everyone against the many diseases that are caused by said mosquitoes.

Bucayan stressed that environmental cleanliness and sanitation by community members remain a top strategy to prevent the spread of mosquitoes. (PIA)

 

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Source: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2010/January/22/topstory12.htm

Dengue cases in
Negros up 22%
BY CARLA GOMEZ

An updated Provincial Health Office report yesterday said Negros Occidental had 1,449 dengue cases in 2009, or an increase of 22 percent over the previous year, with 21 deaths.

The deaths reported were from Bago City ? 6, Sagay City ? 2, Talisay City ? 2, Victorias City ? 3, La Castellana ? 1, Valladolid ? 1, La Carlota City ? 1, Kabankalan City ? 1, Calatrava ? 2, Binalbagan ? 1, and Escalante City ? 1, the PHO report said.

The report also said there were 1,449 dengue cases in 2009 compared to 1,192 in 2008 in Negros Occidental.

The dengue cases in 2009 were in Silay City ? 252, Bago City ? 199, Talisay City ? 158, Sagay City ? 106, Cadiz City ? 87, Escalante City ? 83, San Carlos City ? 77, Calatrava ? 49, Victorias City ? 48;

La Carlota City ? 48, Kabankalan City ? 29, La Castellana ? 27, E. B. Magalona ? 26, Manapla ? 25, Hinigaran ? 20, Pontevedra ? 20, Binalbagan ? 18, Cauayan ? 18;

Pulupandan ? 15, Toboso ? 14, Himamaylan City ? 14, Moises Padilla ? 13, Murcia ? 11, San Enrique ? 10, Isabela ? 9, Hinobaan ? 6, Ilog ? 6, Sipalay ? 6, Don Salvador Benedicto ? 5 and Candoni - 2.* CPG