Palawan is the malaria-endemic province with the highest prevalence of malaria in the Philippines, and microscopists (community health workers) have been allowed to deliver early diagnosis and prompt treatment of malaria throughout the province since 1999.
One in four people around the world—nearly 2.5 billion—could face some degree of hearing loss by 2050 with at least 700 million requiring access to treatment and rehabilitation, a WHO report warns.
Direktur Pencegahan dan Pengendalian Penyakit Tular Vektor dan Zoonotik Kementerian Kesehatan, Didik Budijanto menyatakan, pengendalian malaria atau demam berdarah dengue (DBD), saat pandemi Covid-19 di Tanah Air terbilang ekstra.
Penelitian terbaru menunjukkan bahwa kehilangan pendengaran dan masalah, berhubungan dengan pendengaran lainnya mungkin sangat terkait dengan virus Corona (Covid-19).