• 4 months ago
DoH leads marathon on National Lung Month

The Department of Health-Center for Health Development Calabarzon, the province of Batangas, and the town of San Jose hold the 'Run for Healthy Lungs' at the FPJ Arena, San Jose, Batangas on Aug. 30, 2024 for National Lung Month. Health Assistant Secretary and concurrent CHD Calabarzon Regional Director Ariel Valencia said protecting the lungs was among the eight main priorities of the DoH under Secretary Teodoro Herbosa.

Video by Red Mendoza

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Transcript
00:00What is the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19?
00:24What is the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19?
00:54What are the common symptoms of people with lung diseases?
01:24What is the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19?
01:34What is the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19?
01:44Do you have data on the number of cases of tuberculosis in the Calabarzon region?
01:51As of now, it's still high.
01:54As you mentioned earlier, 7% of the global cases are TB.
02:04How do you configure this?
02:06I can't control the data.
02:09That's why we have a continuous program to remind our countrymen that TB is still a problem.
02:22We are fighting it, but we should not stop.
02:27By providing the right information, the stigma will be removed because it is a medicine.
02:34It is important for the patients to follow the medicine and make sure to finish it.
02:41It is difficult not to finish the medicine.
02:44It is even more difficult for us to control the spread of TB.
02:50Any message in regards to the celebration of the National Lung Party?
02:55First of all, thank you for your service to our countrymen
03:00for continuing to fight for our countrymen,
03:03all of our health workers, our countrymen,
03:07our fellow societies where they are together in advocacy and movement.
03:14I hope that the efforts we are making about the well-being of our healthy company will continue.
03:28Not just this August, but throughout the year,
03:31because the disease is continuous and we cannot say that it will only be contagious for a month.
03:38It is a way of life that we have to keep ourselves healthy.
03:44As the Secretary said, always remember the right diet, exercise, and discipline.
03:58For more information, visit www.fema.gov