Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease — Philippines
Bacolod City [capital of Negros Occidental province] in the past few weeks has reported an increasing number of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases in both children and adults.
Earlier this year [2015], the Department of Health reported that there was a 175.7 percent increase of HFMD cases compared to last year [2014]. The census showed that 23.7 percent of cases came from Cagayan Valley, followed by 20.1 percent from Calabarzon, then 15.5 percent from Northern Mindanao, 9.6 percent from
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