Dr. Tan - Pedia Gastro in Philippine Children's Medical Center Hospital

Tips for food safety!
✅ Keep your leftover food at safe temperatures
Microorganisms can multiply very quickly if food is stored at room temperature.

Pneumonia affects people everywhere, but it can be prevented with simple interventions:
💉 Immunization
🥦 Adequate nutrition
🔥 Reducing exposure to indoor air pollution
🏡 Improving housing conditions
🚭 Avoiding smoking near children

Today is Global Handwashing Day.

Clean your hands frequently & properly to prevent bacterial, diarrheal & respiratory diseases such as

🛡️ cholera,
🛡️ Ebola,
🛡️ shigellosis,
🛡️ SARS,
🛡️ hepatitis E.

Use soap & water for at least 40-60 seconds.

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases. If one person has it, nearly everyone around them will catch it if not vaccinated.

To protect your child, make sure their vaccines are up to date.

Bacteria can survive in frozen temperatures, hence, once you thaw food, you shouldn't re-freeze it.

🗨️ Parenting Tips

Build confidence by saying your strengths out loud 🗣️

Talk to your child about the things they are good at, and the things you are good at.

Here are 5 breastfeeding facts for mothers:
1⃣ Your body is ready to🤱🏻 from the moment your 👶 is born
2⃣ 🤱🏻lowers stress and anxiety
3⃣ 🤱🏻sets up a 👶’s immune system for life
4⃣ 🤱🏻fights infections
5⃣ The more you 🤱🏻 in the early days, the faster your body makes milk

Foodborne diseases affect 1 in 10 people worldwide each year.

Here are some simple facts about everyday food habits that can help you keep safe from preventable foodborne diseases.

Today is the Global Day of Parents!
Mums and dads, you deserve praise! You are stars!🌟

Crowded and messy home?
Kids crying?
Teenagers screaming?

Take a deep breath.
Take a break.
Do something for yourself.

Take care of yourself so you can take care of your children.

Unsafe water & inadequate sanitation result in diseases like:
➡️Cholera
➡️Diarrhoea
➡️Dysentery
➡️Typhoid
➡️Polio

Your baby tells you they are hungry by:
👶 Bobbing their head; turning and opening their mouth
✊ Wriggling or clenching fists
🖐️ Putting their hands near their face or chewing fingers
💋 Licking their lips, opening and closing their mouth, making suckling noises

Avoid consuming too much sugar.
WHO recommends no more than 6 level teaspoons of free sugar a day incl. sugars added to processed foods like:
🥣 breakfast cereals
🥘 sauces
🍬 sugar snacks
🥤 sweetened drinks

Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including:
🚨 type 2 diabetes
🚨 cardiovascular diseases
🚨 cancer
🚨 hypertension
🚨 stroke
🚨 mental health issues

It is of utmost importance for children to continue to receive the recommended childhood vaccines for other infectious diseases. Vaccines work!

Today is World Obesity Day.
Obesity is a disease impacting most body systems. It affects:
🔸 the heart
🔸 the liver
🔸 the kidneys
🔸 the joints
🔸 the reproductive system

Have you had your vaccine boosters yet?

Don’t wait. Get all vaccine doses recommended to you, including booster doses.

Learn how to keep schools – students, staff and their families – safe from and .

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Zb33bg

Keep you and your loved ones safe from diarrhea and other food-borne diseases by ensuring that you follow the 5️⃣ keys to safer food.
Learn more about food safety: https://bit.ly/3iUd3oS

COVID-19 kills thousands of people every week, but we have safe and effective vaccines against severe disease and death. Make sure your vaccination is up to date to keep severe COVID away.

Must know for parents on COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING!

Think again if you guzzle soda and other sugary drinks. The beverages you consume can have a serious impact on your health.
Only 80 countries in the world have taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Raising taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages decreases consumption and is an opportunity for health - we will see less:
❤️‍🩹Heart disease
❤️‍🩹Stroke
❤️‍🩹Diabetes
❤️‍🩹Cancers
❤️‍🩹Teeth cavities
Break the cycle! You can do this.

DID YOU KNOW? 🤔

Measles is a serious disease. Children younger than 5 years of age are more likely to suffer from complications such as:

❗ Pneumonia
❗ Permanent brain damage
❗ Blindness
❗ Deafness
❗ Premature birth
❗ Low birth weight in newborns
❗ Death

Get your child vaccinated as soon as you can to keep them from getting seriously ill.

Read WHO and US CDC's press release: http://bit.ly/3EXHBP0

Happy Halloween 2022

Be a 🦸: don’t let COVID-19 through the cracks
— sharing a COVID-19 Update.

: Recirculating indoor air can increase the spread of the virus that causes .

Good ventilation protects you from infection. Bring fresh, outdoor air inside and let indoor air outside when using fans, air conditioners and filters.

Along with the other COVID-19 protective measures, good ventilation helps prevent the spread of the .

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3EilUpm

Nagpaplano ka ba ng salu-salo ngayong Undas? Gawiin ang mga sumusunod para maging ligtas laban sa :

✅ Maghanap ng lugar na pwede kang dumistanya nang isang metro sa iba
✅ Maghanap ng maayos na ventilation (tulad ng bukas na bintana) o umupo sa labas (al fresco)
✅ Magsuot ng mask

Regular handwashing is one of the best ways to remove germs, avoid getting sick, and prevent the spread of germs to others.

Keep washing your hands when you are at home, at work, traveling, or out in the community.

Providing breast milk is critical to helping all babies including preterm babies survive and thrive.
Learn how skin-to-skin contact helps newborns breastfeed: https://bit.ly/3iozEY3

Keep yourself and loved ones healthy during and after floods with these tips. Stay safe and dry!
✅ Make sure drinking water is from a safe source
✅ Cook food well, dispose food waste properly
✅ Always wash your hands before eating and after using the toilet
✅ Clear stagnant water in and around the house to prevent mosquito breeding sites
✅ Do not allow children to wade in floodwaters to avoid diseases, such as leptospirosis
✅ Clean up your surroundings and destroy mosquito breeding sites
✅ Throw out any food that has come into contact with floodwater, and any food that has perished

Rainy season is here! It’s also breeding season for mosquitoes 🦟
Dengue is widespread throughout tropical countries like the Philippines, with local variations in risk influenced by rainfall, temperature, relative humidity and unplanned rapid urbanization.
We can and we must prevent dengue. Here are some ways:
👉 Apply insect repellent throughout the day
👉 Use screens on windows and doors to stop mosquitoes from entering
👉 Prevent mosquito breeding in and around your home, your workplace and even public places
How are you protecting yourself and your family from mosquitoes 🦟?

It’s gastroenteritis awareness week! Gastroenteritis (infectious diarrhea) is the 2nd leading cause of death in preschool children worldwide, especially in developing countries. One third of these deaths is related to .

Acute Gastroenteritis