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We keep on avoiding this topic, hopefully am not spoiling your day/breakfast or whatever. This information was given to us during the Health Update - Manila last time at UP Manila. We really need to learn everything to be able to take care of our health, specially with our children. There are 3 main soil transmitted helminths that are endemic in the Philippines. These are Trichuris, Ascaris, and hookworms. A national prevalance study commissioned by the World Health Organization and performed by Dr Lydia Leonardo of the Deparment of Parasitology showed that the prevalence in the country varies widely for each worm. The most frequently encounted worms is Trichuris. 6 out of 39 provinces surveyed more than half of the population had this worm. In 3 of these provinces, 7 to 8 out of 10 individuals would have Trichuris. In 3 out of 39 provinces, more than half of the population had Ascaris. In 1 out of 39 provinces, hookworm was found in half of the population. Most of the infections are i...

A good news to all residents of Navotas and Quezon City, developed by the National TeleHealth Center (NThC) Of UP Manila introduces CHITS - the Community Health Information Tracking System wherein all health centers on the said area are required to use CHITS an electronic medical records system creating a health information network through using computerized system for faster monitoring, planning, and decision making for the LGUs and eventually the Department of Health. For example, Navotas City has armed its midwives and other health personnel with mobile CHITS or mCHITS, a combination of CHITS and mobile technology , so that they can input important data right from the field. It is the first city to do so. As for Quezon City, it is the first city in the country to automate the entire health department. CHITS will be the first in the country to automate its entire health department. CHITS will be installed in 72 health centers including seven Super Health Centers. This means 142 b...