[PD Test]21st Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis Annual Convention

Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila, QC 25 July 2024 - 05 December 2024

Revisions in the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care 2014

25 Jul 2024 by

The International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC), 3rd edition, (The Hague, 2014) is a set of recommendations made by a global coalition of organizations, including the WHO, and financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). It aims to facilitate the commitment of all care providers in delivering high-quality care for patients of all ages. “It is intended to complement, not replace national and local recommendations”, both Dr. Jubert Benedicto, past National Chair of Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis (PHILCAT), and Dr. Rontgene Solante, Board Secretary of PHILCAT, emphasized during their talks at the recent PhilCAT convention.

Revisions in the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care 2014

25 Jul 2024

Maximizing tuberculosis prevention in the workplace

25 Jul 2024 by

“When you protect the employees, you protect economic productivity,” said Dr. Marilou Renales, a member of the National Board of Directors of the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine. According to Dr. Renales, “it shall be mandatory for all private establishments, workplaces and worksites to formulate and implement a TB prevention and control policy program” as stated in the Department Order (DO) 73-05 – Guidelines for the Implementation of Policy and Program on Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention and Control in the Workplace by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

Maximizing tuberculosis prevention in the workplace

25 Jul 2024

New survey shows decreasing MDRTB prevalence in the Philippines

25 Jul 2024 by

The results from the Second Nationwide Drug Resistance Survey of Tuberculosis (TB) are out, said Dr. Noel G. Macalalad, head of the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory and Tuberculosis Study Group of the Department of Health (DOH), during a talk at the recent PhilCAT convention. [DOH (2013). Second nationwide drug resistance survey of TB in the Philippines. Unpublished raw data]

New survey shows decreasing MDRTB prevalence in the Philippines

25 Jul 2024