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Article: Mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis kicks off in Iloilo.
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- Philippines News Agency
- Article date:
- October 13, 2008
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ILOILO CITY, Oct. 13 (PNA) The mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in Iloilo province kicked off Mondday at the new capitol building.
Led by Iloilo Gov. Niel D. Tupas, Sr. and Iloilo Provincial Health Officer Dr. Patricia Grace Trabado, the kick off ceremony for the mass drug administration was held with the ribbon cutting of the fix site established at the ground floor lobby of the capitol.
Trabado said that the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 6 and the local government decided to jointly conduct the month-long mass administration of albendazole and diethylcarbanacine, which are found to be very effective to eliminate ...