El Niño Phenomenon Caused Havoc to Phil Agriculture
If the El Niño phenomenon has caused havoc to agriculture, the Department of Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral told local media here that the dry spell has not really caused so much of a problem health wise.
Aside from the usual summer diseases like measles, chicken pox and prickly heat, the DOH Secretary said they are watching out for paralytic shellfish poisoning in areas where there are algae blooms such as red tide.
“There are also some diarrheal diseases born out of spoiled food especially that its summer and its warm, food spoils very quickly,” Cabral warned.
In order to avoid food poisoning, diarrhea and other heat-associated ailments, the DOH has posted an advisory on their website.
The advisory warned the public of diseases like food and water-borne which include typhoid, cholera, hepatitis, and other diseases like sore eyes, measles, dengue, malaria, sunburn and prickly heat.
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