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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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PHM organized an online session on Universal Health Coverage during the Be-cause health conference Breaking taboos in Global Health
The People’s Health Movement organized a webinar on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) during the Be-cause health conference Breaking taboos in Global Health on March 23-24, 2023. The webinar discusses the privatization of public health through “strategic purchasing” and how it undermines the development of a strong and vibrant public health system. Countries of both the global south…
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On the 3rd anniversary of the pandemic—health advocates denounce the failed, repressive, and negligent pandemic response and demand a free, comprehensive national public health system based on human rights and equity as the new normal
On the 3rd anniversary of the pandemic—health advocates denounce the failed, repressive, and negligent pandemic response and demand a free, comprehensive national public health system based on human rights and equity as the new normal After three years, over 66 million lives and many more livelihoods have been lost to the pandemic, yet many countries,…
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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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CHD participated in IPHU short course in Bangkok, Thailand
Representatives from Council for Health and Development and IBON Foundation completed their short course on “Action for Equitable Health Systems – Advancing universal comprehensive primary health care in pandemic times” by International People’s Health University (IPHU) in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6-11, 2022. This short course aims to build a better understanding among health activists…
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On International Human Rights Day, most Filipinos still do not enjoy a right to health
On International Human Rights Day, most Filipinos still do not enjoy a right to health; despite the pandemic, inequity in access to health services has risen amid marginal changes to infrastructure and budget—failing Constitutional and international obligations to protect and fulfill the people’s right to health and its defenders The United Nations fully defines the…
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Council for Health and Development (CHD) 