D.E.N.G.U.E. STRATEGY DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY

Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona recently visited People’s Health Center in Barangay Hulo in Mandaluyong City to personally assess the capabilities of healthcare providers to handle dengue cases at health centers, as well as check their supplies. Ona earlier stressed, during a press conference, that not all dengue cases will require hospitalization. He said that parents and caregivers should practice the DOH’s D.E.N.G.U.E strategy, where D-daily monitoring of patients, E-encourage oral intake of fluids, N-note any dengue warning signs like bleeding, G-give paracetamol, not aspirin, U-use mosquito nets, and E-early consultation.

source: www.doh.gov.ph