IPHO institutionalizes mitigating measures for A(H1N1)

Pagadian City - Following the lead of the Health Department to maximize surveillance of community outbreaks and serious flu cases involving high risks groups such as the very young, pregnant women, the elderly and those with pre-existing health problems, Provincial Health Officer Ma. Corazon S. Ariosa said the Integrated Provincial Health Office now shifted from containment to mitigation measure, as part of the preparations for the second wave of A (H1N1) virus.

The mitigating activities include tapping the help of the Department of Education in the continuous advocacy and institutionalization of proper hand washing and regular sanitizing of schools. Ariosa explained that the IPHO provide technical assistance to the Department of Education (DepEd) by sending sanitary inspectors to guide them in the disinfection of classrooms.

Reports from the Community Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have it that A (H1N1) deaths are more likely to occur among children and young adults and it hasn’t yet affected seniors.

Further, the report says, scientists learn something new from laboratory test:

“The test animals easily spread the virus when they were placed in the same cage but not when they were placed in adjacent cage. The lesson here is swine flu appears to be spread more by direct contact not thru the air.”

The institutionalization of proper hand washing in schools, public places and homes is the most effective, simple and cheap way to guard oneself from A (H1N1) virus contamination, Ariosa added. (PIA9-Pagadian City)

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