VP Duterte meets with Herbosa to discuss health issues affecting students

MANILA, Philippines --- Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa met on Monday with Vice President Sara Duterte, who also heads the Department of Education (DepEd), to talk about various health concerns affecting students. "We talked about influenza-like illness. I'm talking about surveillance of infectious diseases whenever there is high absenteeism. We talked about HIV [human immunodeficiency virus] and interventions that we can do in terms of health education and literacy. We talked to her about teenage pregnancy. We had a long discussion on substance abuse and mental health," Herbosa said in an ambush interview on Tuesday. "We forged a stronger collaboration. There wa...Keep on reading: VP Duterte meets with Herbosa to discuss health issues affecting students

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