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A heart for health workers
On Valentine’s Day, the Council for Health and Development is one with all Filipino health workers in calling out the Philippine government for what the Alliance of Health Workers dub as “continued and outright negligence to their safety, protection, rights and welfare by implementing inhumane and anti-health workers’ policies.” Despite the same risks that our…
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Amid Omicron-driven surge, testing must finally be made free and accessible to all
Amid Omicron-driven surge, testing must finally be made free and accessible to all; renewed focus on community-based interventions needed against variants Just days into the new year and the country is facing yet another surge in COVID-19 cases. With the pandemic entering its third year in the Philippines and across the world, those handling the…
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Itaas ang badyet pangkalusugan para sa libreng serbisyo sa mamamayan!
Kasabay ng ginaganap na budget hearing ng Department of Health sa Senado ngayon, nagkaisang tumungo ang mga health workers at advocates sa Senado at nagsagawa ng motorcade upang igiit ang mas mataas na budget sa kalusugan sa halip na ito ay bawasan lalo pa at may pandemya. Marami sa atin ang nagkakasakit ngunit hindi makapunta…
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Pahayag ng Bantay Bakuna hinggil sa usapin ng “No Vaccine, No Work Policy”
Simula Agosto, nakakakuha ang mga kasamahan natin sa network ng mga ulat tungkol sa mga kumpanya na nagpapairal ng “no vaccine, no work policy”. Sa pagpapaigting ng nasyunal na programa sa pagbabakuna, laluna sa mga manggagawa, ay maraming ahensya ng gobyerno ang naglabas ng suporta para sa ganitong uri ng polisiya. Ngunit ayon sa inilabas…
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A year since the TRIPS waiver proposal, and the Philippines continues to waver on the waiver
This time last year, South Africa and India filed a proposal at the World Trade Organization seeking to remove intellectual property barriers and waive patents on diagnostics, medicines, vaccines, and technologies that will prevent, treat, and contain the pandemic. Since then, over 100 countries around the world have backed the move, including most African and…
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Community Health Workers at ang community pantry
Nagbukas ngayong araw ang community pantry sa Brgy. Bagong Silangan, Quezon City ang Parish Social Action Ministry at Community Health Workers (CHW) ng Samahan ng Manggagawang Kristyano sa Pamayanan (SMKP) sa pakikipagtulungan ng kanilang Kura Paroko Fr. Emman Vallega, O. Carm.Ang mga gulay na kanilang ipinamimigay ay nagmula sa proyektong urban farming ng lungsod na…
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Statement regarding the current state of vaccination
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, the government must hasten their COVID-19 pandemic response and effectively address the problems of the national vaccination program. The slow vaccination of health care workers, senior citizens and persons with co-morbidities, compounded by reports of well-connected individuals and government officials jumping the line add to grave…
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Health group gives failing mark to Philippine COVID-19 response
Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” In a press conference today, the Coalition for People’s Right to Health (CPRH) critiqued the government’s self-rated “excellent response” in the pandemic over the past year. Dr. Joshua San Pedro, physician and co-convenor of CPRH pointed out…
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CHWs finished their basic health skills training despite the pandemic
For the first time, it was a face-to-face get together of two batches of Community Health Workers (CHWs) who have finished their Basic Health Skills Training Levels 1 and 2 in Brgy. Bagong Silangan, Quezon City. Apart from their role as CHWs, these volunteers trained by Council for Health and Development are also contact tracers.…
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“Love is the reason why you are here.” CHWs graduation ceremony in Tanay, Rizal
“Pag-ibig ang dahilan kung bakit kayo naririto.” (Love is the reason why you are here.) These were the words of Sr. Aurora during the graduation of the second batch of Community Health Workers (CHW) in Tanay, Rizal. Her fellow Benedictine nun Sr. Alice added, “Hinirang at tinawag kayo ng Diyos. Para saan? Para maglingkod sa…
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Malibcong, Abra – Integration and Medical Mission: Day 3 and 4
Day 3 & 4, Medical Mission. CHESTCORE invites Saint Louis University – Medical Outreach Missions Foundation, Inc. (SLU-MOMFI) to join the medical mission on the third day. Council for Health and Development, together with medical students from the University of the East – Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center joined a community integration and Medical Mission,…
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Malibcong, Abra – Integration and Medical Mission: Day 1 & 2
Entry into community, integration with farmers, participation in rice production, patients home-visit, and welcoming cultural night. True to its word of “Handang Paglingkuran ang Sambayanan”, Council for Health and Development, together with medical students from the University of the East – Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center joined a community integration and Medical Mission, led by…
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Negros Solidarity Medical and Psycho-social Mission: Day 2
Day 2 of the Negros Solidarity Medical and Psycho-social Mission in Brgy. Tacpao, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental. Over 500 medical patients were served by the combined efforts of NIHIPCD, CHD, Franciscan Mountain Clinics, IFI, and KAUGMAON, together with its partner organizations and individuals. Many patients were diagnosed with scabies and cellulites, lumbar and joint pains, hypertension,…
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Negros Solidarity Medical and Psycho-social Mission: Day 1
The Negros Island Health Integrated Program for Community Development (NIHIPCD), Council for Health and Development (CHD), Franciscan Brothers of the Franciscan Mountain Clinics, Iglesia Filipiniana Independiente (IFI), KAUGMAON, and Guihulngan Community Health Workers Association conducted a medical and psycho-social mission for the communities in Brgy. Tacpao, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental. The organizers partnered with the Guihulngan…
Council for Health and Development (CHD) 