June 22, 2025
Medical experts are raising awareness on Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) among young children. Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center physicians, Maria Lourdes Trajano, Pediatric Neurologist, and Mary Crist Delos Santos-Jamora, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, discussed the pressing health issue of IMD in a forum on June 13. “IMD is rare but extremely serious. It progresses quickly […]
June 14, 2025
KAPIHAN SA BAGUIO – on the Department of Health Cordillera Administrative Region, DOH-CAR, Month of June Health Celebrations and Updates with DOH-CAR and BGHMC Partners. Panelists: from (R-L) Ms. Ma. Cecilia C. Agpawa on National no Smoking Month, Dr. Virginia B. Pangati on National Kidney Month, Dr. Mary Gay B. Buliyat on Prostate Cancer Awareness […]
June 14, 2025
BAGUIO CITY Dengue remained the top reported disease in the Cordillera region from January to May 2025, with 2,481 recorded cases and eight deaths, mostly individuals aged 20 and below, according to the Department of Health – Cordillera Administrative Region (DOH–CAR). This was followed by typhoid fever with 851 cases and one death, though it […]
June 8, 2025
BAGUIO CITY The Department of Health-Cordillera (DOH-CAR ) on Tuesday (June 3) warned the public of water-borne, influenza, leptospirosis, dengue (WILD) diseases this rainy season. Persons experiencing symptoms associated with these diseases are advised to seek immediate medical attention. “We are seeing a significant uptick (small increase) in disease cases, especially water-borne and vector-borne illnesses,’ […]
April 26, 2025
BAGUIO CITY Fourteen out of the 16 district health centers in the city are accredited PhilHealth’s Konsulta providers. Konsulta program provides comprehensive primary health care benefits to thousands of residents. The accredited Konsulta providers include the private Olympian Diagnostic and Medical Center along Mabini Street . And the Manuel L. Quezon School Clinic is also […]
February 1, 2025
BAGUIO CITY Nagbabala kamakailan ang tanggapan ng Department of Health sa publiko na huwag ng dumalo o makibahagi sa mga idinaraos na mga festival sa ibat-ibang bansa upang hindi na makahawa sa ibang tao at maiwasan ang pagkalat ng virus. Ang babalang ito ay ibinaba ni Jenee Austria, chief of the Communications Management Unit (CMU) […]
April 30, 2024
Mahigit sa 1,500 residente ang nabigyan ng serbisyo ng Healthier Caravan ng provincial government sa bayan ng Tublay, Benguet. Photo by Shine Grace B. Estigoy/UB Intern/ABN
March 30, 2024
Over a thousand residents in Sablan, Benguet reaped benefits of the 6th leg of the HEALTHIER Benguet Caravan spearheaded by the Provincial Government of Benguet led by Governor Dr. Melchor Daguines Diclas in collaboration with the Municipal Government of Sablan headed by Mayor Alfredo Dacumos, Jr.The Caravan, held Friday, March 22, at the Municipal Gym […]
April 15, 2019
Good nutrition boosts student performance in all aspects. The health of students is commonly linked to their academic standing or achievement. Promoters of organic food suggest that great consumption of organic products leads to the reduction of common illnesses, cancers and even combats obesity which is evident to most young people these days. Consuming organic […]
February 10, 2019
Barlico regional distributor Arman Aznar (left) and May Manuel, vice-president (3rd from left) of Barlico, introduce the healthy Barlico coffee, Barlico chocolate and Barlico coffee granule in Baguio City. With her are her staffs Mitch Cruz and Arbin Roy Reyes and others. The healthy brew is more than a coffee.