By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“Bill Gates promised to take care of one-third of the foundation’s budget to eradicate polio.” -- Ibarra Panopio, District Rotary Foundation Chair
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Data from the CHO noted that the Poblacion area has 10 cases of leptospirosis, Talomo North has five, Buhangin has four while there’s one case each in Agdao, Baguio, Marilog, Toril and Tugbok.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “One-third of all cancer cases are preventable while the other one-third are curable if detected early,” said Dr. Gay Lapus, an oncologist based here in Davao City.
BY KENETTE JEAN I. MILLONDAGA Davao Today Citing cases where additional funding of health programs by the government failed to reduce ailments suffered especially by children in remote villages, Pedro Arnado of peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas in Southern Mindanao Region, hopes this one will not again be for naught.
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Persons who constantly change partners or are engaged constantly with different partners risk themselves to HIV-AIDS, according to their study. Most of those HIV-AIDS positive behave in such manners.