MAKING DRINKING WATER SAFE — The Department of Health-Cordillera trained sanitary inspectors from Ifugao and Kalinga on drinking water quality monitoring and surveillance on July 4 to 6. The training aims to strengthen drinking water safety at the local government unit level in the context of Presidential Decree 856 and the Local Government Code of 1991, requiring LGUs to establish a local drinking water surveillance program to protect the consumers from waterborne-related diseases. — DOH-CAR photo
