@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00025314, author = {Piad, James Nicolas C.}, issue = {4}, journal = {熱帯医学 Tropical medicine}, month = {Mar}, note = {The Philippines is an Asian country situated in the Western Pacific Region. With a total land area of 300,000 sq. km., it is composed of 74 provinces, 60 cities, 1,503 towns, and 42,456 barangays. In 1992, it has a population of 63 million. There are 87 local dialects in the country. Pilipino and English are the major languages spoken. Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion. The country is divided into 15 regions. Except for the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, each has a field office of the Department of Health. At present health indices are as follows: [table] Leading causes of morbidity are still communicable and nutrition-related diseases. Pneumonia leads the list of mortality followed by cardio-vascular causes, Tuberculosis, and accidents., 熱帯医学 Tropical medicine 36(4). p162-169, 1995}, pages = {162--169}, title = {National Dengue Prevention and Control Program and Japanese Encephalitis in the Philippines}, volume = {36}, year = {1995} }