Monday, September 24, 2007

November is filariasis awareness month 2


KIAMBA, Sarangani (October 29, 2006) – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (2nd from right) turns over boxes of anti-filariasis medicines to Governor Migs Dominguez (middle) Thursday at the kickoff activity of the Regional Filariasis Elimination Campaign as part of the mass drug administration program of the DOH. They are joined by (from left) Alabel Mayor Narciso Grafilo Jr., Kiamba Mayor Raul Martinez, and Abdullah Dumama, regional director of the Center for Health and Development. The drugs to combat filariasis - diethylcarbamazine citrate and albendazole – came from GlaxoSmithKline. (Photo by SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE/CAS)

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