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Center for Health Development in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is intensifying its dengue prevention campaign as cases rise across the region. DOH-7 is urging households to adopt simple protective measures ...
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: DOH-7 braces for haze-related illnesses: High alert in Central Visayas
The Department of Health in Central Visayas-7has placed hospitals and other health facilities in the region on heightened alert amid deteriorating air quality caused by transboundary haze, in ...
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: Haze Reaches Parts of Luzon & Visayas: Here Is How to Protect Yourself
HAZE - The haze affecting parts of the Philippines has raised concerns over air quality, but there are ways to protect yourself even without an N95 mask.
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: Ligtas Tigdas coverage in Central Visayas climbs to 15.5%; Naga reports no vaccine hesitation
The measles-rubella vaccination campaign in Central Visayas has vaccinated nearly 98,000 children, bringing the region’s accomplishment rate to 15.5 percent, as the Department of Health (DOH) and ...
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: Air quality improves in Cebu but haze stays
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Classes remained suspended in several parts of Cebu on Friday as haze continued to blanket parts of Central Visayas, with Metro Cebu recording “very unhealthy” air quality ...
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: Metro Cebu air improves, remains unhealthy for at-risk groups
AIR quality in Metro Cebu remained at an “Unhealthy Level for Sensitive Groups” on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, as the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB 7) co ...
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: Vaccine misinformation hampers measles-rubella drive in Central Visayas
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health authorities in Central Visayas are battling more than measles and rubella (MR) as vaccine misinformation and hesitancy hamper efforts to immunize hundreds of thousands ...
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: Measles-rubella immunization coverage in Central Visayas declines, prompting DOH catch-up campaign
CEBU CITY—Declining measles-rubella immunization coverage in Central Visayas has left more children vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases, prompting the Department of Health in Central Visayas ...
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: Cebu City calls off classes as haze persists in parts of Visayas
CEBU CITY — Mayor Nestor Archival announced a two-day suspension of in-person classes as haze from wildfires in the Kalimantan and Sumatra regions of Indonesia — some 2,000 kilometers away — persisted ...
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: C. Visayas agencies push drug reformation, rehabilitation reintegration programs
Officials of PDEA-7, DSWD-7 and DOH-7 discuss updates on the government’s reformation, rehabilitation and reintegration programs under the national anti-illegal drug campaign during the Kapihan Kontra ...
News Philippines » Central Visayas » Health: DOH-7 launches measles-rubella drive, aims to vaccinate 95% of kids
CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 95 percent of eligible children are being targeted for vaccination as the Department of Health (DOH) Central Visayas Center for Health Development launched a ...