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The recognition of our BHW’s role and sacrifice in our public health system must go beyond the grandiloquence
“More than the grandiloquence (rhetoric) and optic, the recognition for our Barangay Health Workers should translate to immediate and concrete socio-economic benefits in return for their years of commitment and hard work for our people.” This was the Council for Health and Development’s reaction to Sen. Bong Go’s Senate Bill No. 427 or the Barangay…
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Position paper on the proposed House Bill 290 or the E-Health Systems and Services in support of Universal Health Care using Information and Communications Technology
The Council for Health and Development, a national organization of community-based health programs in the Philippines, would like to thank the House of Representatives for its acknowledgement of the Constitution’s provision on the people’s right to health. While it is high time to maximize the benefits of technology to make healthcare available and accessible, especially…
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In Philippines, a hospital serves people on the peripheries
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/columns/philippines-hospital-serves-people-peripheries The heart of health care is reaching out to offer relief and well-being to all people, especially the deprived, the underserved — those on the periphery. When we cure,…
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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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As the state of public health emergency is lifted, CHD demands level-up of government 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 (EO 7) and its responsibility in making science-backed and pro-people public health interventions be realized to its fullest. “Apart from low hospital bed…
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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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Despite digital innovations and technological breakthroughs, health advocates raise concerns on the realization of the right to health with the UN
Despite digital innovations and technological breakthroughs, health advocates raise concerns on the realization of the right to health with the UN Geneva, Switzerland — Speaking before the Vice President of the United Nations Human Rights Council Muhammadou M.O. Kah in the 53rd session and Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to…
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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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Salun-at ken Biag: Health Organizations Bring Solidarity Mission to Kalinga
As a response to the dire health situation of our people, various organizations from the Philippines and the USA pitched time, skills, resources, and common love for country to conduct a two-day medical and dental mission in Brgy. Poblacion, Balbalan, Kalinga on April 18 to 19, 2023. The mission rendered much-needed health services to about…
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Serving marginalized communities is not terrorism
This article is from Inquirer’s Letter To The Editor: February 08, 2023. https://opinion.inquirer.net/160909/serving-marginalized-communities-is-not-terrorism We, the Council for Health and Development, the national organization of community-based health programs (CBHPs) in the Philippines, strongly condemn the designation of Dr. Naty Castro as a terrorist and the Red-tagging of CBHP by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC). The ATC released…
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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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