News & Updates
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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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Physicians urge PRC to revoke the professional license of Dr. Lorraine Marie T. Badoy
Manila – Medical doctors trooped to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in Paredes St., Sampaloc, Manila today to attend the pre-trial hearing for their complaint filed before the Commission versus Dr. Lorraine Marie T. Badoy for her malicious statements against Dr. Ma. Natividad “Naty” Castro, a licensed physician and community medical practitioner, by calling Dr.…
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After lifting EO7: Level up government’s role in public health
From Inquirer’s Letter To The Editor. Link: https://opinion.inquirer.net/165060/after-lifting-eo7-level-up-governments-role-in-public-health The Council for Health and Development (CHD) believes that the government should substantially address key concerns in the health system coinciding with the lifting of the pandemic-induced state of public health emergency (Executive Order No. 7) and its responsibility in making science-backed and pro-people public health interventions…
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Rights defenders urge the United Nations (UN) anew to investigate human rights violations amid worsening economic crisis
Geneva, Switzerland — Philippine human rights defenders personally brought concerns gravely affecting the Filipino people to the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and its Special Procedures mandate holders. The organizations Center for Environmental Concerns, Coalition for People’s Right to Health, Council for Health and Development, IBON Foundation, Kilusang Mayo Uno, and…
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“Which country was last in the ASEAN region to receive COVID-19 vaccines?” Health and Vaccine Equity (HaVE) Summit on June 16
The Philippines was the last country to officially receive COVID-19 vaccines among ASEAN member states. This translated to Filipinos being vaccinated less or later than our neighbors in the region, who had started mass vaccination campaigns as early as December 2020. In fact, figures from Our World in Data reveal that the Philippines ranks among…
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Preparing to serve the people, future CHWs train on basic health skills
The Council for Health and Development in partnership with the Parish-Based Health Program (PBHP) under the Health and Nutrition Program of the Diocese of Novaliches conducted a First Aid Training on May 17 and 19, 2023. The participants were trainee Community Health Workers (CHWs) from the Sacred Heart Parish in Brgy. Caybiga, Caloocan together with…
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After a successful two-day medical mission, health workers stopped at military checkpoint in Kalinga
Health organizations who took part in a medical mission decried the harassment they experienced in military checkpoints in Kalinga. The doctors, nurses, staff and volunteers came from a two-day medical and dental mission in Brgy. Poblacion, Balbalan, Kalinga on April 18-19 which served five-hundred (500) patients from several of the upland municipality’s villages. They provided…
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PHM webinar on “Stigmatization of health workers in contexts of armed conflict” on April 19
The People’s Health Movement is organizing a webinar on April 19th on the stigmatization of health workers in contexts of armed conflict. Worldwide health workers are facing different kinds of repression; significant part of them are stigmatized or red-tagged when working in conflict zones. They are portrayed as the enemy. And if they persist and…
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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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