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Janette Garin, a representative from Iloilo and the House Deputy Majority Leader, requested the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday to make anti-leptospirosis medications easily accessible in barangays and schools that are frequently used as evacuation centers during disasters.

Garin made the request in response to allegations that local government units (LGUs) in areas that were severely impacted by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng are having trouble obtaining doxycycline, an antibiotic prophylactic that prevents infection because the medication is kept in regional offices.

“Leptospirosis is a preventable disease, but what is occurring is that prophylaxis, which is intended to be for prevention, is coming late,” said Garin, a medical doctor. “Doxycycline should be initiated as soon as possible for it to be successful.”

She recommended distributing this kind of medication to schools and barangays as a preventative step against leptospirosis, which typically develops in contaminated flood waters after disasters.

She claimed that although the government had prepared medicines and other supplies worth a total of PHP31 million, they could not reach the public sooner because the majority of them were kept in regional offices.

“When a typhoon strikes, bridges are destroyed and roads become unusable, making it impossible for LGUs to obtain basic supplies. Can you take up the gamot now? So how can they obtain the medication? We have forgotten the significance of this medication, which was supposed to be used for prevention, she said.

Garin claimed that just in her district, it took six days to obtain doxycycline for Paeng victims.

In light of the critical role that doxycycline plays in preventing leptospirosis during emergencies, Garin expressed her hope that DOH will reassess its policy on drug storage.

Because leptospirosis can quickly progress to an irreversible stage, prevention is still the best approach, she said. “We are proposing a more realistic and responsive strategy to avoid leptospirosis, and we should seek zero leptospirosis post-flooding.”

The World Health Organization describes leptospirosis as a bacterial illness that can affect both humans and animals. Although it can occur anywhere in the world, it is most common in tropical and subtropical areas, it was added.

Direct contact with an animal’s infected urine or exposure to an environment contaminated by that urine causes human infection.

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