DOH-MIMAROPA now testing students, pregnant women, TB patients, inmates for HIV
May 15, 2015 by · Comments Off on DOH-MIMAROPA now testing students, pregnant women, TB patients, inmates for HIV
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, May 15 — The mobile testing teams of the Department of Health-MIMAROPA and provincial health offices of the region on Thursday started voluntarily human immunodeficiency (HIV) testing among college students, pregnant women, TB patients in TB-DOTS (Tuberculosis-Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course) facilities and inmates at the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in this city.
MSF sends medical team to xenophobia violence-hit South Africa
April 22, 2015 by · Comments Off on MSF sends medical team to xenophobia violence-hit South Africa
CAPE TOWN, April 22 — Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday it has sent a medical team in response to the health needs of displaced people in areas affected by xenophobia violence in South Africa.
