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Pondo ng taumbayan, ibalik sa kalusugan
Mariing kinokondena ng Coalition for People’s Right to Health (CPRH) ang hakbangin ng gobyerno na ibalik sa kabang-yaman nito ang “excess funds” o diumano’y sobrang pondo ng Philhealth at ilagay ito sa unprogrammed appropriations na sa esensya ay pork barrel. Naninindigan ang CPRH na karumal-dumal na tawaging sobra ang pondong ito gayong naghihingalo ang pampublikong…
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On the worsening rice crisis and its effects on people’s health
The Philippines has been living the irony of being an agricultural and agrarian country with 70% of its population are farmers and farm workers but the country remains the top importer of rice in the world [1]. Despite being a staple in every Filipino family’s table and Pres. Marcos Jr.’s promise of bringing the price…
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Statement on the Supreme Court’s issuance of TRO on the transfer of P89.9B PhilHealth fund to the National Treasury
The Coalition for People’s Right to Health (CPRH) welcomes the Supreme Court’s decision to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the transfer of P89.9 billion of PhilHealth funds to the national treasury. This would not be possible if not for the petitioners and the people’s collective struggle. The remaining P29.9 billion was set to…
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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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Struggle for a Free, Comprehensive, State-Funded Health Care! Resist Foreign Impositions on Health! Demand for State Responsibility in People’s Health!
PRESS STATEMENT | April 7, 2024 2024 World Health Day:Struggle for a Free, Comprehensive, State-Funded Health Care! Resist Foreign Impositions on Health! Demand for State Responsibility in People’s Health! Mar Del Plata, Argentina — On the occasion of World Health Day 2024, and the opening of the 5th Peoples’ Health Assembly in Mar del Plata,…
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CHD Statement on World Health Day 2024
Today, April 7, is World Health Day, in commemoration of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. On April 5, the Council for Health and Development together with other health organizations held a protest action in front of WHO Western Pacific Region office in Manila to reject the neoliberal policies imposed on…
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+Sister Mary Celine P. Cajanding, RGS (1943-2024)
We, the Council for Health and Development, the national organization of CBHPs, extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of +Sister Mary Celine P. Cajanding, RGS (Marcelina Punzalan Cajanding) and the Religious of the Good Shepherd community. Sister Celine was an exemplary missionary and advocate of people’s health. As a guiding light with the Rural…
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Statement of the Council for Health and Development on the attack against Dr. Barroquillo
The Council for Health and Development, the national organization of more than 70 community-based health programs in the Philippines, strongly condemns another act of violence against a doctor on February 3, 2024 and enjoins the family, friends, colleagues, and patients in calling for justice and immediate investigation. Dr. Sharmaine Barroquillo, a physician working in Sultan…
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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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Position paper on the health sector’s call to increase health budget for 2024
We, the Coalition for Health Budget Increase (CHBI), composed of unions, chapters and individual health workers in the public and private sectors, community-based health organizations, health professionals and students nationwide are deeply concerned on the proposed 2024 health budget. We are requesting your good office and committee to review and increase the minuscule allocation of…
Council for Health and Development (CHD) 