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LAL-LO TOWN PIONEERS LAKBAY BUHAY KALUSUGAN IN REGION 2

Wednesday 11th of July 2012

LAL-LO, Cagayan, July 11 (PIA) -- This central Cagayan town played host to the first-ever Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan (LBK) in the Cagayan Valley region. During the launching activities, Mayor Florante Pascual said his administration immediately accepted the offer of the National Center for Health Promotions “to promote family health messages’ to the residents after various sectors in and out of the province poured their resources together for the said project." Pascual said the municipality has placed health and nutrition as one of its priority programs and projects in the last 10 years. Dr. Ivanhoe Escartin, Director of the Department...

LEGAZPI CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The people of Libon, Albay eagerly awaits the arrival of the Health Fiesta Caravan, Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan (LBK) in the said barangay starting today. LBK is the health promotion caravan of the Department of Health which aims to promote health education in the rural barangays in a fun and entertaining approach thus the festive and colorful setting. The caravan includes a bus as a mobile counselling and examination clinic for t...

KORONADAL CITY, Oct 17 (PIA) -- South Cotabato’s replica of the Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan (LBK) bus of the Department of Health (DOH) will be delivering more health services and information to hard-to-reach villages in the province, a heath official said. Provincial Healh Officer, Dr. Rogelio Aturdido said, the local LBK bus will be true to the original bus’s concept of delivering services and health education on maternal and child care in ...

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Oct

2011

More than 3,000 benefited from LBK bus tour to T’boli town

KORONADAL CITY, Oct 16 (PIA) -- The recent tour of Department of Health’s Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan (LBK) to South Cotabato directly benefited at least 3,182 elderlies, parents and children in T’boli town, an official of the provincial government said. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Rogelio Aturdido reported that 1,167 individuals received “critical health services” on the first day of operation and 2,015 were added on the secon...
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Oct

2011

T’boli residents to receive health services from DOH Bus

KORONADAL CITY, Oct 6 (PIA) -- At least 1,500 residents of T’boli town in South Cotabato are expected to receive health services today as the Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan (LBK) bus of the Department of Health (DOH) travels to the remote town. LBK is a comprehensive health promotion caravan that aims to bring critical health services and information on healthy practices to families in isolated and geographically disadvantaged areas. Using the concept of a mobile clinic, it...