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Health Secretary Francisco Duque said that in 1988, the Philippines ranked seventh among 22 countries heavily burdened by the disease, but dropped to ninth place in 2004.


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RP standing in WHO TB watch list improves - DOH

By Sheila Crisostomo | March 25, 2010 - 12:00am

The Philippine standing in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) watch list for tuberculosis improved from seventh place in 1997 to ninth place last year, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.

Headlines

TB-free RP by 2006 sought

April 5, 2006 - 12:00am

The Provincial Board called on the implementation of a program of the Department of Health to have the country TB-free by 2006, this after PB member Juan Bolo presented a study indicating that about 133 in every...

Cebu News

DOH expects TB reversal by 2015

By Sheila Crisostomo | March 25, 2006 - 12:00am

The Department of Health (DOH) is hopeful that it can contain tuberculosis by 2015 since the country has been making progress in its anti-TB campaign over the last decade. Health Secretary Francisco Duque said that...

Headlines

RP hosts World TB Day today

By Sheila Crisostomo | March 24, 2006 - 12:00am

The battle against tuberculosis (TB) goes global today. Dubbed "The Global Plan: To Stop TB (2006 to 2015)," the worldwide effort to accelerate efforts to combat TB worldwide involves a partnership of...

Headlines