To
promote a healthy lifestyle among its personnel, the Philippine Army (PA) will
conduct a reproductive health awareness and screening program at its Fort Bonifacio
headquarters, Taguig
City
Lt.
Col. Randolph Cabangbang, Army spokesperson, said that almost a 1,000 PA
personnel, both military and civilian, from Headquarters, Army Support Command
(ASCOM), and General Headquarters are expected to benefit from the Prostate
Awareness Seminar, STD/HIV/AIDS Awareness, and Breast Cancer/Cervical Cancer
Awareness.
Various
tests and screening will also be conducted such as Digital Rectal Examination
(DRE) among male personnel for the early detection of prostate cancer; Venereal
Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL), STD Screening, and HIV/AIDS Screening; and
Pap Smear and Breast Examination among female personnel.
Cabangbang
said doctors and nurses from the Army General Hospital (AGH) shall administer
the tests which will be carried at the above-mentioned medical facility.
This
undertaking is part of the PA-Wide Reproductive Health Program that includes
prevention and management of reproductive tract infections (RTIs), HIV/AIDS and
other sexually transmittable infections (STIs); prevention and management of reproductive
tract cancers like breast and cervical cancers, and other gynaecological
disorders and conditions; and promotion of healthy lifestyle activities as one
of the activities to prevent related diseases.
The
program has already been implemented by PA major subordinate units nationwide.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=541923
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