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  • Amid Omicron-driven surge, testing must finally be made free and accessible to all

    Amid Omicron-driven surge, testing must finally be made free and accessible to all

    Amid Omicron-driven surge, testing must finally be made free and accessible to all; renewed focus on community-based interventions needed against variants Just days into the new year and the country is facing yet another surge in COVID-19 cases. With the pandemic entering its third year in the Philippines and across the world, those handling the…

  • A year since the TRIPS waiver proposal, and the Philippines continues to waver on the waiver

    A year since the TRIPS waiver proposal, and the Philippines continues to waver on the waiver

    This time last year, South Africa and India filed a proposal at the World Trade Organization seeking to remove intellectual property barriers and waive patents on diagnostics, medicines, vaccines, and technologies that will prevent, treat, and contain the pandemic. Since then, over 100 countries around the world have backed the move, including most African and…

  • Statement regarding the current state of vaccination

    Statement regarding the current state of vaccination

    As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, the government must hasten their COVID-19 pandemic response and effectively address the problems of the national vaccination program. The slow vaccination of health care workers, senior citizens and persons with co-morbidities, compounded by reports of well-connected individuals and government officials jumping the line add to grave…

  • Health group gives failing mark to Philippine COVID-19 response

    Health group gives failing mark to Philippine COVID-19 response

    Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” In a press conference today, the Coalition for People’s Right to Health (CPRH) critiqued the government’s self-rated “excellent response” in the pandemic over the past year. Dr. Joshua San Pedro, physician and co-convenor of CPRH pointed out…

  • “Love is the reason why you are here.” CHWs graduation ceremony in Tanay, Rizal

    “Love is the reason why you are here.” CHWs graduation ceremony in Tanay, Rizal

    “Pag-ibig ang dahilan kung bakit kayo naririto.” (Love is the reason why you are here.) These were the words of Sr. Aurora during the graduation of the second batch of Community Health Workers (CHW) in Tanay, Rizal. Her fellow Benedictine nun Sr. Alice added, “Hinirang at tinawag kayo ng Diyos. Para saan? Para maglingkod sa…