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In addition to Covid-19, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday ordered the Department of Health (DOH) to give priority to general public health issues like TB infections.

This came about after a discussion with DOH representatives regarding the TB-DOTS (directly observed treatment, short-course) program’s progress in eradicating tuberculosis in the nation.

“Even though Covid is still active, we must not ignore the ongoing hazards to public health posed by diseases like HIV, influenza, and tuberculosis. We have reminded the DOH that there are other problems outside Covid while we are still monitoring Covid on its new variations. We must turn our attention back to public health concerns that predated Covid now that it is largely being managed “In a video sent to media by Malacanang, he stated.

Marcos was also informed by the DOH officer-in-charge, Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, that the DOH officials had grown more creative and were now touring the nation to introduce the primary care program that incorporates TB-DOTS.

According to Vergeire, who cited official statistics, tuberculosis has reemerged due to the disease’s high rate of transmission, which typically affects members of the lower socioeconomic strata of society.

She added that while anti-TB medications may still be purchased over-the-counter, there are a lot of TB cases that are multi-drug resistant.

Vergeire explained, “For instance, they have prescriptions that will be supplied by doctors who will only need them for one or two months of medication. As a result, they won’t finish their medication and develop resistance.

She continued by saying that some patients who receive government-funded medications give them to uninformed strangers.

Vergeire claimed that the DOH and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had collaborated to boost monitoring and surveillance activities in order to solve current difficulties.

So, for instance, “mag-X-ray ka dito ‘yung province A,” will simply be sent to an app on the phone in minutes you get your chest x-ray reading to artificial intelligence and immediately you subject the patient to sputum examination, and in three to four hours they start your medication, Vergeire said.

“So, in order to accomplish this, we’re aiming to visit all the provinces. We can perhaps lower the number of cases, she added.

Vergeire also raised concern about how the pandemic’s mounting HIV cases stopped individuals from getting tested for the virus.

“People were unable to go for screening or obtain their medications due to the lockdown, therefore what we did during the pandemic was already provide each individual or patient the necessary medication through LBC so that they could continue to take their medications,” Vergeire added.

In order to combat stigma and discrimination, which have been deterring people from seeking medical assistance even if they are having HIV symptoms, she said the DOH is collaborating with politicians and the judiciary.

Therefore, she continued, “we’re working with the other sectors to be able to make the services more accessible.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a chronic and sometimes fatal illness, is brought on by HIV in its advanced stages.

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