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Baguio City received a P40 million grant for the National Dengue Awareness Month, Engr. Charles Carame, chief of the City Health Service Office (CHSO) confirmed.

 

Carame announced in the May 31 City Hall Hour of the Baguio City Public Information Office that the office of Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa provided the grant to the Department of Health (DOH). The DOH has already transferred the funding to the city government.  

 

“Mayroon pong P40-million na dinownload from the office of the Senator Bato. It went to the DOH national office, and then dinownload sa ating DOH regional office, and then binaba na po dito sa city,” Carame said.

 

The said funding will be used for all-year programs and to purchase larvicides, an insecticide used to control mosquitoes. Carame also mentioned their plan to hire more personnel for the upcoming programs to be implemented this Dengue Awareness month.

 

Dr. Donnabel Panes of the CHSO shared the data that they have been analyzing for 11 years which shows the growth and patterns of dengue cases in the different barangays of Baguio.

 

As of May, 81 out of 128 barangays in Baguio have recorded 297 dengue cases altogether for the first 21 weeks of 2023, with 1 recorded death.

— Joellene Landingin

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