Monday, October 2, 2017

Redtide in the Philippines. A paper by former undersecretary Dr K. Hartigan-Go

Link to PubMed.gov: Redtide in the Philippines.
Link to the Journal: Redtide in the Philippines (1 December 1994)

This was an amazing find.  The paper of a former undersecretary of the Department of Health of the Philippines (during the administration of President Aquino) and former chief of the Food and Drug Administration and my former professor in Asian Institute of Management.

The abstract defined redtide as a marine phenomenon with great risk to health and livelihood, especially in coastal areas.

It presented 4 redtide incidents in the Philippines, the clinical features of redtide poinsoing (including deaths secondary to ventilatory failur), and lessons learned.

The paper enumerated the features of an effective toxicovigilance programme, poison centres and toxicovigilant activities.


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