Tabontabon town in Leyte
gets a newly constructed Tuberculosis Directly Observed Treatment Short course
(TB-DOTS) and rural health facility through the support of the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID).
Turned over Wednesday to the local government unit of Tabon
was the Php2 million health facility, one of the 12 health facilities being
built by the USAID in the province.
Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla said that the
province is thankful that local government units are supported in providing
facilities for TB patients, recognizing that DOTS remain at the heart of the
Stop TB campaign of the national government.
“I am just so thankful too that we are able to open the
Rural Health and TB-DOTS Facility here in Tabontabon, Leyte
so that we may be able to immediately extend our services in terms of treatment
and other care services to our TB patients here,” Petilla said.
USAID made sure this new facility, including those which are
being constructed in other towns such as in Carigara, Burauen and Abuyog, to
withstand typhoons and earthquakes, so that the devastation that occurred in
2013 does not happen again. Medical equipments were also provided so the
facility can be immediately used.
USAID is also partnering with local authorities to build 250
classrooms in the province while helping small entrepreneurs, particularly
sari-sari store owners, get back on their feet by building 1,000 stores and
supplying them with goods to sell. This is a partnership with U.S.
On the other hand, farmers and fisher folks are also
beneficiaries of the USAID’s planting and aquaculture materials and training
that will help them produce alternative crops and high-value species of
aquaculture.
Petilla added that with all these help from the USAID and
other private organizations, the province can further strengthen its health
facilities and programs and help communities become more resilient in the face
of health challenges.
The turnover of the health facility was also one of
the highlights of the town’s 62nd founding Anniversary this week. http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=821094
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