News & Updates
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The People’s Fight for Land and Life: A Medical and Psychosocial Mission in Dupax Del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya
On March 16-18, the Council for Health and Development (CHD) partnered with environmentalist group Defend Nueva Vizcaya Movement and other health organizations including Health Action for Human Rights (HAHR), Philippines Nursing Students Association (PNSA), and Health Action for Democracy (HEAD) to conduct a medical mission at Dupax Del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya. It is part of…
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Webinar | Community Health Workers in the Philippines: Community Action for Health and Social Justice
Join us on Friday, April 17 6:00 – 7:00 PM on a webinar on Community Health Workers in the Philippines: Community Action for Health and Social Justice organized by Viva Salud België and Council for Health and Development, hosted by Medicus Mundi International – Network Health for All (MMI)! Click the link to register for…
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CHD conducts Basic Health Orientation for Bulacan lay leaders
Yesterday, the Council for Health and Development gave a Basic Health Orientation (BHO) to the lay-leaders of Muling Pagkabuhay Parish in Meycauayan, Bulacan. The BHO discussed the current deteriorating state of our healthcare system, the government’s negligence to people’s health and giving up its responsibility to corporations and the role of community-based health programs (CBHPs)…
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Strengthen the solidarity of CHWs to further serve the community: General Assembly of CHWs held in Quezon City
Community Health Workers held a General Assembly of Parish-based Health Workers on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at the Ina ng Buhay Parish in Novaliches, Quezon City. It was attended by 39 CHWs from Bagong Silangan, Capri, Gulod, and Nagkakaisang Nayon in Quezon City and from Caloocan City and Valenzuela City. During the General Assembly, Ms.…
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Empowering Communities, Serving for People’s Health: New CHWs in Nueva Ecija
The first batch of Community Health Workers graduated in Guimba, Nueva Ecija on Saturday, June 8.Fourteen Community Health Workers (CHWs) from Barangays Naglabrahan, Casongsong, three other villages in Guimba, Nueva Ecija successfully completed their Basic Health Skills Training conducted by the Nueva Ecija-Community Based Health Program (NE-CBHP). Amidst the daily toil and various challenges posed…
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Without freedom of expression, the right to health is at risk
In a meeting yesterday, 23 January 2024, representatives of health civil society organizations joined other groups in a dialogue with Ms. Irene Khan, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (FoOE), during her official country visit to the Philippines. Dr. Edelina De la…
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Reviving Community Health: Basic health skills training of future CHWs recommences in Guimba, Nueva Ecija
The staff and volunteers of the Council for Health and Development (CHD), in partnership with the Nueva Ecija Community-Based Health Program (NE-CBHP), conducted a two-day training at Brgy. Casongsong, Guimba, Nueva Ecija on November 18 and 19, 2023. The training consisted of a lecture on the signs and symptoms of common diseases such as cough…
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CHD, CPRH together with various sectors and organizations staged a protest action in front of the Senate of the Philippines against budget cuts on health, education and other social services.
As the 2024 national budget deliberations in the Senate started, the Council for Health and Development and Coalition for People’s Right to Health –among the co-convenors of the Coalition for Health Budget Increase (CHBI) — together with various sectors and organizations staged a protest action in front of the Senate of the Philippines on Thursday,…
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National organization of community-based health programs join various organizations in condemning the bombing of hospitals in Palestine
Quezon City, Philippines – Various sectors and organizations including the Council for Health and Development hold a protest action in Boy Scout Circle, Timog Ave., Quezon City on Wednesday, Oct. 18 against the ongoing bombing in Gaza by US-backed Israeli government. The Zionist government drop bombs and missiles in Gaza, destroying homes, hospitals, schools and…
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Intervention of the Council for Health and Development in the 54th Session of UN Human Rights Council
The Council for Health and Development, through the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches, delivered an oral intervention through video in the interactive dialogue on economic, social and cultural rights, and COVID-19 recovery in the 54th Session of UN Human Rights Council on September 18, 2023. Full video…
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