The Swine Flu or Influenza A H1N1, now declared as a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), creating anxieties to more than 60 countries throughout the world, including the Philippines, who now registered more than a thousand infected Filipinos with of the said virus, and with the Philippine Government, through the Department of Health (DOH) called every Filipinos to be conscious about proper hygiene. The AKO BICOL, and the Jaycees of Daraga, Albay forged a partnership by printing and distributing through the Bicol Region an information material discussing the proper procedures in combating the influenza A H1N1 virus.
The information material, a 20 by 29 inches poster, discusses the description of the virus and the symptoms it exhibits when a person is inflicted. It also discusses the preventive measures that people should adopt so as not to be easily infected.
The AKO BICOL printed 3oo,ooo copies of the said poster and was distributed by the JAYCEES, represented by its President Ms. Suzette Conda to all members of the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) during its meeting at the Office of Civil Defense at Camp Simeon Ola, last June 4, 2009.
Target areas where the posters are to be posted are the malls, public and private schools, government offices, supermarkets, drugstores, health centers, and other areas that can easily access the needed information about Influenza A(H1N1) virus.
This collaboration is just one of the many services that the AKO BICOL extends to our Bicolano communities, focusing on health.
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