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                    [ArticleID] => 1419673
                    [Title] => DOH heightens drive vs leprosy
                    [Summary] => 

The Department of Health–7 will conduct a program and information drive on leprosy in different provinces of Central Visayas as it intensifies the campaign to eradicate the disease.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510280 [AuthorName] => May B. Miasco/LPM [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 322916 [Title] => Leprosy no longer incurable, says PDS [Summary] => When one mentions leprosy – one of the oldest and most feared diseases known to mankind – we invariably imagine afflicted persons during the biblical times or two centuries ago when they were ostracized by society. Lepers then were considered outcasts and "untouchables," or worse as "living corpses."

However, this mildly communicable disease (also called Hansen’s disease) caused by slow-growing bacteria, Mycobacterium leprae, can be cured.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1419673
                    [Title] => DOH heightens drive vs leprosy
                    [Summary] => 

The Department of Health–7 will conduct a program and information drive on leprosy in different provinces of Central Visayas as it intensifies the campaign to eradicate the disease.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510280 [AuthorName] => May B. Miasco/LPM [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 322916 [Title] => Leprosy no longer incurable, says PDS [Summary] => When one mentions leprosy – one of the oldest and most feared diseases known to mankind – we invariably imagine afflicted persons during the biblical times or two centuries ago when they were ostracized by society. Lepers then were considered outcasts and "untouchables," or worse as "living corpses."

However, this mildly communicable disease (also called Hansen’s disease) caused by slow-growing bacteria, Mycobacterium leprae, can be cured.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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