Resignation or termination. These were the two options President Duterte gave officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), which has been rocked by a multibillion-peso fraudulent scam involving dead kidney patients. Duterte was to meet last night with the PhilHealth board, including ex-officio members, at Malacañang to hear the full report of the agency…
The World Health Organization has for the first time recognized “burn-out” in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which is widely used as a benchmark for diagnosis and health insurers. The decision, reached during the World Health Assembly in Geneva, which wraps up on Tuesday, could help put to rest decades of debate among experts…
Bishop backs anti-coal campaign in central Philippines A Catholic bishop in the central Philippines has expressed support for a campaign against the building of a coal-fired power plant in Negros Occidental province. Bishop Gerry Alminaza of San Carlos said local church leaders are giving their full backing for the move, initiated by a youth group.…
Teachers Remind DepEd: Annual Medical Check-up for Teacher Should be Free In time for teachers’ accomplishment of the required annual medical clearance the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) again asserted that the expenses for such should be provided by the government. “We appeal to the good secretary to immediately issue an order to halt the on-going…
Universal healthcare pushed on World Health Day On the occasion of World Health Day in April 7, members of the Working Group on Social ASEAN pushed for the immediate realization of universal healthcare as they decried the highly insufficient state provision for healthcare and the capitalists’ excessive profiting from health services and medicines. The group…
Waste and Toxic Watch Group Deplores Piles of Garbage in MM Streets Quezon City. January is observed as the “Zero Waste Month” and the streets of Metro Manila are strewn with garbage following the New Year revelry. The EcoWaste Coalition, a waste and toxic watch group, drew attention to this ironical situation as piles of…
Teachers seek for Government medical assistance The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) today revealed that one of the principal factors why teachers borrow money is because the government does not have medical assistance to them despite the mandate of a law. “Under the law, the government is responsible to maintain teachers’ health thru a compulsory, annual…
Effective and humane ways to manage the drug problem in the Philippines, a human rights and public health perspective by Jerbert Briola Torture Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2 (2017) The Torture Journal is an international scientific journal that provides an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of original research and systematic reviews by professionals concerned with…
Health, Not Death: A Statement Opposing the Reinstatement of Death Penalty in the Philippines November 24, 2016 The 17th Congress is currently deliberating proposed bills to reinstate the death penalty in the Philippines. Most of these bills take off from the government’s ongoing “war on drugs,” which sees people involved with drugs as criminals who…
25 Tanong at Sagot hinggil sa Kalusugan at Karapatang Pantao Gro Harlem Brundtland Geneva, Hulyo 2002 Ang pagtatamasa ng pinakamataas na matatamong pamantayan sa kalusugan bilang pangunahing karapatan ng bawa’t tao ay nakapaloob sa Saligang Batas ng Pandaigdigang Organisasyon sa Kalusugan (World Health Organization o WHO) mahigit 50 taon na ang nakakaraan. Sa ating pang-araw-araw…
Medical doctors presses for right to rehabilitation of victims of torture Around eighty (80) medical doctors across the country gathered today in the Scientific Conference on the Management and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims on November 11-12, 2015 at the Ciudad Christia Resort, in San Mateo, Rizal. The conference also entitled, Mainstreaming Human Rights in Health…
UN Women’s Committee makes inquiry into sexual and reproductive health rights in the Philippines The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has issued a summary of an inquiry initiated on the basis of information received in 2008 from three women’s rights NGOs in the Philippines. Filipino mother holds her daughter on a…
Dispatches: How Not to Stop the Spread of HIV in the Philippines By Carlos Conde June 2, 2015 Philippine Senator Vicente Sotto III may have his way in scuttling a study on needle exchange, which is designed to reverse the rise of HIV infection among people who inject drugs. Giving clean needles to intravenous drug…
Beware of school supplies that can damage the brain – EcoWaste Coalition 20 May 2015. Quezon City. As school kids and parents get ready for the opening of the school year next month, school supplies have started to sell like hotcakes. However, toxics watchdog EcoWaste Coalition quickly warned the public against some school supplies found…
DOH Employees to Celebrate Health Workers Day Public health workers all over the country will celebrate the Health workers Day on May 7, 2015 in consonance with Republic Act No. 10069. The Act was promulgated to give due recognition to the important role and contributions of the health workers who provide vital health services to…
BAN Toxics (BT) is an independent non-government environmental organization focused on the advancement of environmental justice, children’s health, and toxics elimination. Working closely with partner communities and other NGOs in both the local and international levels, BT endeavours to reduce and eliminate the use of harmful toxins through education campaigns, training and awareness-raising, and policy-building…
The role of the Health Sector in SDH Initiatives March 21, 2015 9-10 Pm #HealthXPh @BonusEventusAg @philippinebeat @dakila_ph @ESCRNetworkPH @SocialWatchPH @Egaytfdp @HRonlinePH @hrw pic.twitter.com/MtorcTwdhs — Maria Fatima Villena (@jofti) March 17, 2015 All submissions are republished and redistributed in the same way that it was originally published online and sent to us. We may edit…
Ingat! Always wear you’re CAP! (Care, Access and Prevention) by Maria Fatima Villena, www.healthactivist.ph February 22, 2015 Caring enough to provide access to information that leads to the prevention of diseases, disabilities and deaths. A Presentation at the 1st Philippine Health Care and Social Media Summit #hcsmPH (February 21, 2015, Radisson Hotel, Cebu City) organized by…
“MDGs, SDGs, and other global commitments: Status of Health and Gender Goals in the Philippines from 2015 and beyond” on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 9:30am-3:00pm at Ground Floor, Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City This session is organized with one of the steering committee members Forum for Family Planning and Development. May…
Ebo-Lie: Man Living In Ghana Confirms Ebola Is A Hoax! by STEVEN BANCARZ, www.realfarmacy.com A statement made by a man in Ghana named Nana Kwame has rocked the internet in the last few days. The following information needs to reach people. We need to see Ebola for what it really is. It’s time that the world…
