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2006

- DOH KEEPS CLOSE WATCH VS MALARIA (06/08/2006)

- RP SCALES UP PREPARENESS AGAINST BIRD FLU (06/08/2006)

- DOH ADVISORY ON PROPER HANDLING OF SOFT CONTACT LENS (04/18/2006)

- HEALTH ADVISORY ON AMMONIA (03/30/2006)

- WARNING ON THE SALE AND USE OF IODINE AND/OR IODINATED RESINS IN FILTERS FOR WATER PURIFICATION (02/09/2006)

- 16 LGUS ADOPT DOH FOUR-MULA ONE FOR HEALTH (02/16/2006)

- DOH ADVOCATES COMPULSORY HEPA B VACCINATION FOR INFANTS (01/16/2006)

2005

- GLOBAL THREATS, LOCAL ACTIONS (12/05/2005)

- GOVERNMENT BEEFS UP EFFORTS TO STOCKPILE DRUGS FOR BIRD FLU (12/01/2005)

- THE TRUTH ABOUT THE REPORTED MENIGOCOCCEMIA CASES

- MORE DOLLARS POUR IN TO ROLL MALARIA BACK

- DOH ALL SET FOR THE 23RD SEA GAMES

- DUQUE'S FORMULA THESE HOLIDAYS: USE ALTERNATIVE NOISEMAKERS, AVOID FIRECRACKER INJURIES

- DOH: AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND HOPE THROUGH ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
- ARE YOU A DRUG DEPENDENT OR AN ADDICT? (11/07/2005)

- DOH ON CODE WHITE ALERT ON ALL SAINTS' DAY (10/28/2005)

- UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS IN THE COUNTRY (10/26/2005)

- RP AHEAD IN FIGHT VS DENGUE AMONG ASEAN NEIGHBORS DESPITE 4 DENGUE STRAINS (10/05/2005)

- DUQUE'S 100 DAYS' ACCOMPLISHMENT BARED (09/27/2005)

- DOH REPORTS DECREASING DENGUE TREND (08/31/2005)

- DOH LAUNCHES ROUND ONE OF 'PATAK POLIO' IN MAGUINDANAO (08/31/2005)

- IT'S TYPHOID AND MALARIA - DOH (08/26/2005)

- DOH WARNS PUBLIC ON LEPTOSPIROSIS (08/26/2005)

- RP A SIGNATORY TO BANGKOK CHARTER ON HEALTH PROMO (08/22/2005)

- COVER YOUR MOUTH WHEN COUGHING OF SNEEZING TO PREVENT SPREAD OF GERMS-DOH (08/10/2005)

- SCHOOLS SHOULD CLEAN UP TOO, DOH REMINDS (08/09/2005)

- 75% OF BLINDNESS CASES IN RP ARE TREATABLE

- DOH, WENDY'S TEAM UP FOR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

- JOINT STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON THE RESULTS OF TESTING OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS BY THE AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY (07/18/2005)

- WORLD POPULATION DAY (07/11/2005)

- JOINT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PRESS STATEMENT (07/08/2005)

- DOH URGED COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP TO REDUCE DENGUE CASES (06/27/2005)

- BUDGET FOR MALARIA IS SUFFICIENT (06/09/2005)

- STILL SAFE TO TRAVEL TO PALAWAN , DUQUE SAYS (06/02/2005)

- DUQUE ASSUMES DOH POST (06/01/2005)

- CAREFUL WITH STORED WATER - DOH SAYS (05/19/2005)

- DAYRIT URGES FULL SUPPORT TO DUQUE (05/18/2005)

- PAGBIBITIW NI SECRETARY MANUEL M. DAYRIT BILANG KALIHIM NG KALUSUGAN( 05/10/2005)

- DOH AWARDS 10 BOTIKA NG BARANGAY (04/25/2005)

- WE'RE OPEN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT (04/25/2005)

- H2N2 PUBLIC ADVISORY (04/14/2005)

- BFAD ASKED PFIZER, INC. TO VOLUNTARY WITHDRAW VALDECOXIB (BEXTRA) AND PARECOXIB (DYNASTAT)

- RP TO SEND MEDICAL TEAM TO INDONESIA (03/30/2005)

- SPAGHETTI DOWNS 84 PERSONS IN TARLAC (03/17/2005)

- DOH RULES OUT CYANIDE POISONING IN BOHOL CASE (03/14/2005)

- EXPERTS ON DRUG REHAB HERE TO TRAIN LOCALS (02/19/2005)

- DOH NOW MORE AGGRESSIVE IN ITS FIGHT VS. FAKE DRUGS (02/18/2005)

- MOST FILIPINOS THINK LIGTAS-BUNTIS WILL HELP FAMILIES (02/09/2005)

- PRESS STATEMENT ON WRONG BLOOD TRANSFUSION ISSUE AT THE EAST AVENUE MEDICAL CENTER (01/31/2005)

- MENINGO CASES DECLINE (01/27/2005)

- MENINGO CASES CONTINUE TO DECREASE (01/18/2005)

- DOH SETS UP MENINGO COMMAND POST IN BAGUIO (01/06/2005)

- FINALLY, RP MEDICAL TEAM FLIES TO SRI LANKA (01/04/2005)
- On ALLEGED ZULICAN VIRUS (01/04/2005)

2004

- DOH TO SEND MEDICAL-CIVIC TEAM TO SRI LANKA & INDONESIA (12/31/2004)
- DOH WARNS ANEW ON FIREWORKS INJURIES (12/28/2004)
- RP bags Guinness World Record (12/23/2004)
- THIS CHRISTMAS, DON'T LET YOUR CHILDREN PAY WITH FIRECRACKERS, DOH SAYS (12/15/2004)
- RP READY FOR SARS/BIRD FLU W/ P19M FACILITY (12/13/2004)
- HEALTH ADVISORY FOR TYPHOON YOYONG (12/02/2004)
- World AIDS Day '04: Number of Pinays Getting AIDS Still Low but DOH Getting Ready (11/30/2004)
- AO on Senior Citizens' Discount Revoked by DOH (11/25/2004)
- No New Meningo Cases, Baguio Praised for Handling Situation (11/23/2004)
- Cut-Flower Farmers, Beware of Pesticides - DOH (11/22/2004)
- Menu Cards Now in Drugstores Too - DOH (11/2/2004)
- No Need to Panic on Meningo - DOH Says (11/22/2004)
- Coalition Against Fake Medicines Launched (11/13/2004)
- DOH Launched Full Implementation of Food Fortification Law (11/12/2004)
- Storm Over NFP VS. Artificial Methods Widens FP Choices for Couples - DOH (11/10/2004)
- RP on the Right Track to Reduce Deaths Among Under-Five Children by 2015 - UNICEF (11/03/2004)
- Code White Alert on All Saints' Day - DOH (10/29/2004)
- The Truth About the P50M CFC contract with DOH (10/21/2004)
- Contraceptive Supplies for Next Year Here, DOH Says (10/21/2004)
- Stop Taking VIOXX, An Anti-Arthritis Drug - DOH Says (10/05/2004)
- DOH, NFA Makes Iron-Fortified Rice Available (10/01/2004)

- DOH LAUNCHES FAMILY PLANNING HOTLINE (08/13/2004)

- Rehab for Persons with Disabilities Available Even Now - DOH  (08/12/2004)

- DOH places two-child policy proposal in perspective (07/29/2004)

- Persons with Disabilities, REGISTER FOR BETTER HEALTH SERVICES - DOH

- DOH READY FOR DENGUE SEASON, THANKS VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONORS (06/11/2004) 

- NATIONAL BLOOD OLYMPICS

- NO NEED TO PANIC OVER NEW CASES IN CHINA - DOH (04/27/2004)

- 2004 MIGHT BE DENGUE EPIDEMIC YEAR-DOH(02/27/2004)

- RP CHICKEN IS SAFE (01/30/2004)

- NOT SARS AFTER ALL (01/07/2004)

- SARS UPDATE (01/06/2004)

- PRESS STATEMENT (01/05/2004)

2003

- DAYRIT CHALLENGES HEALTH EMERGENCY TEAMS (12/04/2003)

- DOH COMMENDS ATIENZA, SAYS OUTBREAK IS LESSENING (11/05/2003)

- DON’T KNOW WHERE TO BUY THAT MEDICINE? DIAL-A-DRUGSTORE SOON TELLS YOU WHERE

- SARS UPDATE: LATEST SUSPECT CASES (07/24/2003)

- TOBACCO-FREE FASHION AT SARI-SARI (07/14/2003)

- RP JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS CASE DID NOT COME FROM CHINA – DOH CLEARED(07/04/2003)

- DOH TAKES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS (07/02/20032)

- DOH TO CONTINUE SCREENING INCOMING TRAVELERS FROM TAIWAN, TORONTO, AND CHINA (06/27/2003)

- CAUTION, DENGUE ON THE RISE (06/06/2003)

- LET’S DANCE TO STRENGTHEN THE BONDS (06/05/2003)

- DOH UPDATE ON THE BOAT COLLISION INCIDENT YESTERDAY AT MANILA BAY (05/26/2003)

- OBSERVE SELF-QUARANTINE, TEACHERS/STUDENTS FROM SARS COUNTRIES ADVISED (05/23/2003)

- RP BAGS 2003 SASAKAWA HEALTH PRIZE (05/23/2003)

- WHO DELISTS RP FROM SARS LIST (05/21/2003)

- DOH BIDS FOR RECLASSIFICATION (05/19/2003)

- Elderly Filipino-American not SARS -- DOH (05/15/2003)

- WHO issues new forms of classification (05/12/2003)

- RP protests new WHO SARS classification as medium-level transmission (05/10/2003)

- 7 CASES CLASSIFIED BY EXPERT PANEL AS SARS; ONE CURED, OTHERS RECOVERING (05/06/2003)

- LGUs may now use calamity funds to prevent SARS (05/05/ 2003)

- RP's control measures conform with international standards as only 12 patients remain under observation (05/01/2003)

- SARS UPDATE: DOH DELISTS EASTERN SAMAR SARS CASE FROM LIST (04/28/2003)

- DOH drops "probable" from SARS reporting, reveals first local case (04/25/2003)

- NO QUARANTINE REQUIRED FOR RP’s SARS SUMMIT CONTINGENT (04/24/2003)

- SARS Suspect, RT of San Lazaro Hospital, now improved (04/23/2003)
- SARS UPDATE: FATHER OF 1^st PROBABLE SARS DEATH DIES OF CANCER (04/22/2003)

- First Probable SARS death in Philippines (04/21/2003)
- DOH READY AND ALERT FOR SARS EVEN DURING HOLY WEEK - - - DAYRIT (04/15/2003)

- RP'S FIRST PROBABLE SARS CASE STILL UP FOR CONFIRMATION (04/12/2003)

- STAY CALM, NO NEED TO WEAR MASKS --- DOH (04/02/2003)
- SARS VIRUS MAY BELONG TO FAMILY OF MICROBES CAUSING MEASLES AND MUMPS, DOH SAYS (03/19/2003)
- RP SAFE FROM SARS, DOH ADVISES TOURISTS (03/19/2003)

- ANOTHER FILIPINO REPORTED TO BE A SARS CASE, DOH REVEALS (03/19/2003)
- DOH PUBLIC ADVISORY ON SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (03/17/ 2003)

- ONLY KNOWN FILIPINO CONTACT NOT SARS, FOR DISCHARGE TODAY, DOH SAYS(03/17/2003)

- LCP PLACED UNDER TEMPORARY DIRECTOR(02/10/2003)

2002

- DOH ANTI-POLIO CAMPAIGN WINS 2002 GAWAS OSCAR FLORENDO (11/29/2002)
- THIS YULETIDE, ROCK THE STREETS (11/25/2002)

- RP DOCS REPORT ON BALI EXPERIENCE (10/25/2002)

- NEW DRUG PROCUREMENT SYSTEM SOON AT THE DOH (09/06/2002)

- STATEMENT ON THE SAFETY OF GENETICALLY-MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCTS (09/05/2002)

-  DENGUE UPDATE  (09/04/2002)

-  NEW BFAD CHIEF NAMED  (08/30/2002)

-  DOCS TROOP TO OFW COUNTRIES  (008/29/2002)

-  DENGUE UPDATE  (08/26/2002)

-  IT'S STI not HIV AS STIs on the RISE  DOH says (08/23/2002)

-  GOOD NEWS: TB CASES FEWER, SOON COMPENSABLE UNDER SSS & GSIS, PHILHEALTH (08/21/2002)

-  VISION 20/20 ON THE RIGHT TRACK (08/08/2002)

-  WATCH OUT, FLOODS MAY BRING LEPTO (08/07/2002) 

- BARRIO DOCTORS GO HI-TECH (07/12/2002)
- BE VIGILANT, DON’T BE COMPLACENT (07/05/2002)
- UPDATE: FOOD POISONING AT EARNSHAW ELEM. SCHOOL (07/02/2002)

- HIGH AWARENESS, NO ACTION (06/27/2002)

- METRO MANILA GEARS UP FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR IWAS TIGDAS CAMPAIGN (06/20/2002)

- IT’S DOOR-TO-DOOR AGAIN VS. MEASLES (06/10/2002)

- GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE LOCAL DRUG REGULATION SYSTEM (05/17/2002)

- DOH REPORTS LOWER MEASLES CASES THIS YEAR (05/14/2002)
- US SUPPORTS ANTI-POLIO DRIVE (03/08/2002)

- DOH GOES DOOR-TO-DOOR FOR BALIK-PATAK KONTRA POLIO II (03/01/2002)

- DOH REPORTS ON BALIK PATAK POLIO, ROUND 1(02/20/2002)

- PRESS STATEMENT ON THE FIRST ROUND NATIONWIDE POLIO PATAK (02/11/2002)

- ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR BATTLE VS. MUTANT POLIO VIRUS (02/01/2002)

- HEALTH ADVISORY ON FLU (01/31/2002)

- DOH REPORTS FIVE FIREWORKS-RELATED TETANUS CASES (01/23/2002)

2001

- DOH - ALL SET FOR ANTI-POLIO DRIVE (01/18/2001)

- PRESS STATEMENT ON THE ABDUCTION OF DR. ROSEMARIE AGUSTIN (01/17/2002)

- IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL IT'S GLOBAL (01/07/2002)

- WARNING: ORDINARY BLAST COSTS P1,000 (12/26/2001)

- LOW PRICED IMPORTED DRUGS SOON TO FLOOD THE MARKET - DOH (12/21/2001)

- HOPES UP FOR LESSER ‘CRACKER INJURIES THIS YULE SEASON (11/29/2001)

- DOH HERBAL TABLETS NOW AVAILABLE AT NFA ROLLING STORES (11/29/2001)

- 9 ANTHRAX CASES SEEN IN ILOCOS NORTE (11/22/2001)

- DOH RULES OUT FLU EPIDEMIC LAST OCTOBER (11/19/2001)

- DOH LEADS 16TH ASIA PACIFIC CANCER CONFERENCE
- DOH TO FIELD MED SPECIALISTS TO THE PROVINCES
- PRESS STATEMENT (11/05/2001)

- ANTHRAX UPDATE (10/30/2001)

- WHAT IS ANTHRAX? (10/15/2001)

- HIGH EXPECTATION OF DENGUE DID NOT OCCUR (10/09/2001)

- DOH Statement on Reports of Illness among Students in several Metro-Manila Schools (10/02/201)

- PRESS STATEMENT ON CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (09/27/2001)

- DOWNWARD TREND IN DENGUE CASES SEEN (09/21/2001)

- PRESS STATEMENT on DOH HOSPITALS ALLEGED TO BE 'FIRE TRAPS'  (09/20/2001)

- DOH WINS COURT BATTLE AGAINST SMOKING (09/19/2001)

- DENGUE CASES DECREASING - DOH  (09/12/2001)

- ASIANS UP AGAINST DENGUE  (08/29/2001)

- LEPTO CASES DOWN BY 66% - DOH REPORTS (08/22/2001)

- PEOPLE POWER VERSUS DENGUE (08/21/2001)

- NATIONWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF DOTS BY 2001 (08/13/2001)

- CIGUATERA ADVISORY by BFAR (08/09/2001)

- DENGUE CASES CONTINUE TO RISE (07/17/ 2001)
- DON'T PANIC ABOUT SOY SAUCE (07/17/2001)  
- DONATING BLOOD IS HEALTHY - DAYRIT (07/9/2001)
- SUSTAIN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGNS-DAYRIT (07/5/2001)
- STAY INDOORS TO AVOID INJURIES - DAYRIT ADVISES MAYON RESIDENTS (06/28/2001)
- DAYRIT WARNS VS. EATING BARRACUDA (06/20/2001) 
- DOH, DECS LAUNCH NATIONAL SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM (06/19/2001)
- CATS HAVE RABIES TOO - DOH WARNS (06/15/2001)
- DOH TO LGUs-ORGANIZE CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGNS (06/14/2001)
- GOODBYE KITI-KITI, GOODBYE DENGUE (06/04/2001)
- BIRD FLU (05/22/2001)
- LET'S DOH IT THE NATURAL WAY (05/21/2001)
- INJURED EDSA RALLYISTS UPDATE (05/02/2001)
- DOH LEADS EARTH DAY CELEBRATION (04/18/2001)
- DAYRIT WARNS VS. FOOD-BORNE DISEASES THIS SUMMER (04/11/2001)
- WORLD HEALTH DAY 2001 FOCUSES ON MENTAL HEALTH (04/05/2001)
- NO STUDY PROVING CELL SITES CAUSE CANCER -DOH (03/15/2001)
- UPDATE: MAD COW DISEASE (03/08 2001)
- MAD COW DISEASE (02/26/2001)
- MEASLES VACCINATION, KEY TO PREVENTING OUTBREAKS-DOH (02/14/2001)
- DOH-PDA LEAD NATIONAL DENTAL HEALTH WEEK (02/02/2001)
- DOH PRESSES "BOTTOMS-UP" CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT DENGUE (01/31/2001)
- HEALTH ADVISORY ON THE REPORTED OIL SPILL ALONG MARIKINA RIVER (01/30/2001)
- LOVE YOUR HEART, WALK FOR YOUR LIFE (01/18/2001)
- MNCs BLOCK HEARING FOR DRUG IMPORTS (01/17/2001)
- NEW WAY TO SCREEN CERVICAL CANCER PUSHED (01/15/2001)
- ADVISORY on UNCOLLECTED GARBAGE (01/12/2001)
- DOH REENGINEERING GOES FULL STEAM, ENTERS 2ND STAGE (01/05/2001)
- Secretary Romualdez cries "foul!" Don't deprive the people of lower-cost medicines - DOH (01/03/2001)

2000

- DOH REPORTS LESS FIREWORKS-RELATED INJURIES (12/26/2000)
- THIS SEASON, DOH WARNS ON UNSAFE FIRECRACKERS (12/5/2000)
- RP's SENTRONG SIGLA -GLOBAL MEDIA AWARDEE (12/4/2000)
- MEN URGED TO TAKE LEAD IN WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVANCE (12/1/2000)
- CENTRAL LUZON AND SOUTHERN TAGALOG TOPS SENTRONG SlGLA NOMINEES (11/29/2000)
- WATCH THAT COLD REMEDY, IT MIGHT CONTAIN PPA - DOH  (11/24/2000)
- DOH DECRIES GREED OF MULTINATIONAL DRUG FIRMS (11/23/ 2000)
- TETANUS TOXOID IMMUNIZATION REDUCES NEONATAL DEATHS (11/22/ 2000)
- DOH TURNS OVER "IWAS-PAPUTOK" TEACHING TAPES TO DECS (11/15/ 2000)
- PHILIPPINES DECLARED POLIO-FREE (11/13/ 2000)
- PRESS STATEMENT on THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST BATCH OF DRUGS FROM INDIA (11/10/ 2000)  
- AVOID BUYING PEDDLED FOODS IN CEMETERIES ON ALL SAINTS' DAY (10/30/ 2000)
- A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE ENSURES HEALTHY AGEING (10/16/2000)
- DOH TO CONTINUE PARALLEL DRUG IMPORTATION DESPITE THREATS (10/16/ 2000
- PHILHEALTH ADDRESS INSURANCE ANOMALIES (10/11/ 2000)
- PRESS STATEMENT ON HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (10/10/2000) 
- PRESS STATEMENT on EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (10/10/2000)
- A NEW & STREAMLINED DOH STARTS TODAY (10/2/ 2000) 
- ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS TO PREVENT TYPHOID FEVER (09/26/2000)
- FOGGING DOES NOT PREVENT DENGUE - DOH (09/25/2000)
- HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE LOW BUT VIGILANCE STILL NEEDED-DOH (09/18/2000)
- BFAD SHUTS DOWN DRUGSTORE PEDDLING FAKE MEDICINE (09/14/2000)
- MONTHLY SSS HELPS PREVENT BREAST CANCER (09/11/2000)
- ILOCOS MEDICAL CENTER MARKS A FIRST (09/05/2000)
- Press Statement - September 2000 (09/01/2000)
- Reengineering the Department of Health:Undersecretaries to be deployed to provinces (08/31/2000)
- CAFFEINE IN SOFTDRINKS NOT ADDICTIVE (08/23/2000)

1999

- NOISE BARRAGE PARA SA BAGONG MILENYO (12/31/1999)
- DOH'S MODEL BOTIKA-ANTIODE TO H.G. PRICES (12/29/1999)
- DOH ACQUIRES ANTI-CANCER MACHINE (12/20/1999)
- INSPIRATIONAL TALK (12/09/1999)
- LISTEN,LEARN AND LIVE WITH THE YOUTH-WORLD (11/30/1999)
- GARANTISADONG PAMBATA press statement (11/29/1999)
- MORE HOSPITALS TO REPORT FIREWORKS INJURIES (11/22/1999)
- THIS CHRISTMAS CHOOSE SAFE TOYS-DOH (11/16/1999)
- RED TIDE DECLARED IN PALAWAN AND OTHER AREAS (11/12/1999)
- The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (10/20/1999)
- Press Release October 5 1999 (10/05/1999)
- Letter to the Editor, The Philippine Daily Inquirer (10/05/1999)
- Health Care Program for Older Persons (10/02/1999)
- DOH WARNS ON STROKE 9-27'99 (09/27/1999)
- BFAD Health Advisory - 16 September 1999 (09/16/1999)
- DOH Considers Parallel Importation SEPT.13,99 (09/13/1999)
- DRUG REIMBURSEMENTS TO BE BASED NOW ON DOH FORMULARY (09/10/1999)
- ROMUALDEZ WARNS ON USE OF LASER POINTERS (09/07/1999)
- PRESS STATEMENT SEPT.6.99 (09/06/1999)
- DOH ENDS MORATORIUM ON TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS (09/03/1999)
- Attack rates per brigade, Leptospirosis outbreak