LOOK: El Niño action plan for health cluster presented by Provincial Health Office chief Dr. Maria Socorro Quiñon at the 2nd quarter PDRRMC meeting.
The PHO will provide water testing kits and chlorine granules for water disinfection to the 43 LGUs in the province to ensure sustainable and safe drinking water. Compliance of water refilling stations to safety and sanitation standards will also be closely monitored.
Medicines and other medical supplies will also be made available for water-borne diseases.
Quiñon also provided guidelines on how to avoid or manage heat-related illnesses such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.
For La Niña, the PHO will sustain and strengthen its implementation of the enhanced 4S strategy against dengue.
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