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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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Violence against health-care workers in the Philippines
Filipino health-care workers have not been immune to the growing violence and impunity in the country since President Duterte took office in 2016. Since 2017, at least ten doctors have been violently killed in various regions of the Philippines. Six were killed in 2017 alone…
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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; 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…
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Itaas ang badyet pangkalusugan para sa libreng serbisyo sa mamamayan!
Kasabay ng ginaganap na budget hearing ng Department of Health sa Senado ngayon, nagkaisang tumungo ang mga health workers at advocates sa Senado at nagsagawa ng motorcade upang igiit ang mas mataas na budget sa kalusugan sa halip na ito ay bawasan lalo pa at may pandemya. Marami sa atin ang nagkakasakit ngunit hindi makapunta…
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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…
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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…
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