PHO conducts 9th TB Caravan.  (Left photo) Medical personnel from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) prepare the sputum samples from suspected TB patients for direct sputum smear microscopy (DSSM), a laboratory test provided for free during the 9th TB Caravan of the provincial government held on August 19 at the Infirmary and Urgent Care Clinic in Mangaldan. (Right photo) Free-of-charge skin consultation and health teaching from PHO staff, along with chest x-ray examination, tuberculosis (TB) skin test were also offered during the TB caravan that was held in observance of the National Lung Month this August. /Photos courtesy of PHO