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PHM organized an online session on Universal Health Coverage during the Be-cause health conference Breaking taboos in Global Health
The People’s Health Movement organized a webinar on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) during the Be-cause health conference Breaking taboos in Global Health on March 23-24, 2023. The webinar discusses the privatization of public health through “strategic purchasing” and how it undermines the development of a strong and vibrant public health system. Countries of both the global south…
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On the 3rd anniversary of the pandemic—health advocates denounce the failed, repressive, and negligent pandemic response and demand a free, comprehensive national public health system based on human rights and equity as the new normal
On the 3rd anniversary of the pandemic—health advocates denounce the failed, repressive, and negligent pandemic response and demand a free, comprehensive national public health system based on human rights and equity as the new normal After three years, over 66 million lives and many more livelihoods have been lost to the pandemic, yet many countries,…
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CHD discussed the Philippine health situation and CBHP to the international students conducting field research in Malate, Manila
Yesterday, Council for Health and Development discussed the current health situation in the Philippines and the community-based health program to the students of International Master of Arts in Diaconic Management (IMADM) of the United Evangelical Mission (UEM) in Shalom Hotel, Malate, Manila. It is part of the UEM’s IMADM Students’ Field Research in Metro Manila.…
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CHD participated in IPHU short course in Bangkok, Thailand
Representatives from Council for Health and Development and IBON Foundation completed their short course on “Action for Equitable Health Systems – Advancing universal comprehensive primary health care in pandemic times” by International People’s Health University (IPHU) in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6-11, 2022. This short course aims to build a better understanding among health activists…
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A walk on the periphery
This article is from Global Sisters Report, written by Sr. Edita Eslopor, a member of CHD Board of Trustees. Original article can be found here: https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/social-justice/column/walk-periphery I have read many articles that say walking has powerful benefits. As an exercise, it may lower our risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. It can…
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The president’s directives on health: Detached, shallow and vague
PRESS STATEMENTHealth groups Alliance of Health Workers, Coalition for People’s Right to Health, Filipino Nurses United, Health Action for Human Rights, Health Alliance for Democracy, and Philippine Medical Students’ Association expressed their critique and counter-proposals to the recent SONA of Pres. Marcos Jr. The president’s directives on health: Detached, shallow and vagueIn the principles of…
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Health groups participate in a consultation workshop on UN Universal Periodic Review
Quezon City, Philippines — Various civil society organizations (CSOs), including Council for Health and Development, Bantay Bakuna and the Coalition for People’s Right to Health participated in “CSOs Consultation on the UN Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines”, a two-day consultation workshop held from June 22 to 23, 2022 in Quezon City, National Capital Region.…
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CHD and other health organizations participated in “Picnic sa Bantayog” in Quezon City, sets up a health booth.
Yesterday, the Council for Health and Development, together with the Health Alliance for Democracy, Health Action for Human Rights, Alliance of Health Workers, and Philippine Medical Students’ Association set-up a health booth during the “Picnic sa Bantayog” event at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, Quezon City to provide free health consultations and medical check-ups to…
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There is no right to health without the right to food, release the “Tinang 92”
The Council for Health and Development (CHD) is one with the farmers and land advocates in Hacienda Tinang, Concepcion, Tarlac in asserting for their right to land and execution of the Certificate of Land Ownership and Award (CLOA) that was first issued to them in 1995 under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Likewise, CHD…
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A heart for health workers
On Valentine’s Day, the Council for Health and Development is one with all Filipino health workers in calling out the Philippine government for what the Alliance of Health Workers dub as “continued and outright negligence to their safety, protection, rights and welfare by implementing inhumane and anti-health workers’ policies.” Despite the same risks that our…
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