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#CitizensInHealth: How can we help strengthen our public health system?
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To stop future pandemics, support WHO and states with poor health care – doctors
'We need to be good citizens on a global basis,' says epidemiologist Larry Brilliant who helped eradicate smallpox
[OPINYON | Wikapedia] Paanyayang magsulat ng COVID-19 – Coronavirus Dagli
Sa buong buwan ng Abril, inaanyayahan namin kayong sumulat ng kuwento na iikot sa COVID-19. Gamit ang 19 salita, susulat kayo ng daglî. I-post ito sa Facebook at i-tag ang Rappler at ang Foundation AWIT.
[OPINYON | Wikapedia] COVID bilang Coronavirus #DionaTweet
Gamit ang hashtag na #DionaTweet, mag-tweet ng diona – katutubong tulang may 3 linya, na ang bawat linyang magkakatugma ay may 7 pantig – tungkol sa coronavirus, quarantine, at lockdown
[OPINYON | Wikapedia] Anak ka ng virus!
Lahat ng dapat nating malaman tungkol sa pandemiko, kung tutuusin, ay matagal na nating alam. Pero wala lang tayong pakialam.
Cebu to start screening domestic passengers after coronavirus cases confirmed in Metro Manila
Currently, only passengers from international airports are scanned for high fever
Duterte declares state of public health emergency amid rise in coronavirus cases
(UPDATED) The declaration comes as the health officials count 10 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, including the first case of local transmission in the Philippines
‘No right to resist’ quarantine under state of public health emergency – DOH
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to soon issue an Executive Order formally declaring a state of public health emergency due to the novel coronavirus
Duterte to declare state of public health emergency over coronavirus
(3rd UPDATE) The Department of Health has raised the COVID-19 alert system to Code Red-Sublevel 1 as a 'a signal to all concerned agencies, local governments, health care providers to be ready to for planned response measures'
A virus that's reshaping the world: This week's outlook
The coronavirus outbreak is not only messing up everyone’s business and personal travel plans, but is also hitting economies hard and reshaping the global supply chain that the world has grown accustomed to
Is it time for PH to have its own Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?
Having a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would 'centralize the response to emerging infectious diseases threats' according to an infectious disease expert
ROUNDTABLE: Providing safer surgeries to children with cleft lips and palates
On Wednesday, November 20, 11 am, join us as we discuss the global issue of improving access to safe and quality surgeries
WHO, health orgs seek public participation in vaccination campaign
Distribution planning and fighting disinformation are essential to helping the immunization campaign for the country, says a health panel
[OPINION] Help define how our democracy will survive
'Even as we see what's being destroyed around us, remember: we are creating the future now,' says Rappler CEO Maria Ressa in a speech at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health Commencement Ceremonies
PH has most cases of fake medicines in Southeast Asia – UN report
Transnational organized crime is on the rise in Southeast Asia and its most dangerous form, fake medicines, appears most rampant in the Philippines
WHO warns against counterfeit anti-rabies vaccines, serum
The World Health Organization says investigations and laboratory analyses are ongoing to better assess the products’ risk to public health
DR Congo Ebola outbreak an emergency of global concern – WHO
'It is time for the world to take notice,' says World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, accepting the advice of his advisory board to invoke the emergency provision
Menstrual cups safe, practical and cheap – study
Researchers report in The Lancet Public Health, a peer-reviewed medical journal, some 70% of women who have tried menstrual cups said they would like to continue using them
New law strengthens disease surveillance and reporting
The law mandates the health department to continuously develop and upgrade the list of nationally notifiable diseases and health events of public concern
Pakistan police arrest doctor after 90 infected by HIV syringe
Authorities are alerted after 18 children from a town on the outskirts of Larkana city test positive for HIV, which causes AIDS, prompting health officials to carry out wider screenings
Deadly drug-resistant tuberculosis a 'blinking red' global threat
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is on a mission to eradicate the 3 epidemics
[ANALYSIS] Dengvaxia scare: How viral rumors caused outbreaks
Through a combination of fear-mongering, playacting, and politicking, some government officials clearly made the situation worse than it needed to be
Pneumonia to kill nearly 11 million children by 2030, study warns
The study, published on World Pneumonia Day, finds scaling up existing vaccination coverage, coupled with cheap antibiotics and ensuring good nutrition for children, could save a total of 4.1 million lives
Lifestyle diseases 'rapidly rising' in Western Pacific region – WHO
Diseases, such as diabetes, cancers, or cardiovascular diseases, have contributed to about 80% of deaths in the region, says WHO Western Pacific regional director Dr Shin Young-soo
Experts: U.N. helped reverse AIDS epidemic. It now must do the same for TB.
Health experts call for specific action steps to combat tuberculosis
U.N.’s high-level meeting on TB: Why the Philippines should care
Tuberculosis is the world’s biggest infectious killer. The Philippines is among 8 countries where two-thirds of 2017 TB cases were found, data showed.
Other ASEAN citizens live longer than Filipinos
Despite investments in health care, Filipinos’ health is below average in terms of average life expectancy, maternal mortality ratio, mortality rate for children under 5 years old, and tuberculosis
Most nations to miss U.N. target on chronic diseases – study
Cancers, heart and blood-vessel disease, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease have combined to kill 12.5 million people aged 30 to 70 worldwide in 2016
1 in 3 Filipinos could die from these diseases before age 70
The World Health Organization and the Philippine health department say the risks come from tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and the harmful use of alcohol
Congress seeks P1.16-B special budget for Dengvaxia recipients
(UPDATED) The additional budget, which has been requested by the budget and health departments, will be used to provide medical support, like hospitalization, medical kits, outpatient care services, and laboratory tests
Gordon says DOH 'liable' over Dengvaxia mess
Gordon says the Philippine government is 'liable' for administering the Dengvaxia vaccine to more than 837,000 Filipino gradeschoolers in 3 regions
#ThewRap: Things you need to know, February 20, 2018
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How the new mozzie emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease
Set to land in mid 2018, the new mosquito emoji will give people a new way to talk about mozzies
FAST FACTS: DOH's Expanded Program on Immunization
(UPDATED) The Expanded Program on Immunization seeks to ensure that children, particularly infants, and their mothers have access to vaccines recommended for their age to prevent specific diseases
RITM expert: No conflict of interest in Dengvaxia study
Rosario Capeding, who was accused of 'conflict of interest' during a House probe, explains clinical trials have safeguards that prevent biases in the result of the study
Mothers of Dengvaxia kids confront Garin after House probe
The women would later admit to media that none of their children died but had reportedly fallen ill after vaccination
RITM expert got P40,000 monthly for Sanofi-funded Dengvaxia study
Disclosures made at a House hearing raise questions of conflict of interest for doctor who did dengue vaccine study for the French pharmaceutical for 6 years
Duque: Dengvaxia controversy 'tainted credibility' of DOH
The health secretary says at least 29 vaccinated children have died. The causes of all these deaths have yet to be determined.
'Why did Dengvaxia get FDA clearance without EU go signal?'
A physician-turned-legislator questions why the now-controversial vaccine got a go-signal in the Philippines in the first place
Sanofi declines PH demand for full Dengvaxia refund
The pharma giant declines the Philippines' demand, saying doing so would 'create confusion' over the safety and efficacy of the controversial anti-dengue vaccine
Puerto Rico governor orders review of Hurricane Maria deaths
The official review will look at all deaths on the island since the storm, no matter what the death certificate in each case says, Governor Ricardo Rossello says
Congress 'pressured' Ubial to continue dengue vaccination program
(UPDATED) 'During the budget hearing, there was a lot of pressure in Congress to expand it to other parts of the country with higher [cases] of dengue,' says former Health secretary Paulyn Ubial
Aquino, Abad, Ochoa to face Senate probe into dengue vaccine
'I hope that my appearing will promote a more sober discussion leading to the formulation of appropriate actions,' says former president Benigno Aquino III
Dengue vaccine: Ex-FDA chief defends circular removing post-marketing surveillance
Kenneth Hartigan-Go defends a 2013 circular he issued that allowed for the dengue vaccine to get a certificate of product registration (CPR) even without the conduct of a post-marketing surveillance
Sanofi insists 'no reason for public scare' after dengue vaccine advisory
Sanofi Pasteur Asia Pacific head Thomas Triomphe tells a House committee there is no worldwide scare due to their latest advisory, and that Dengvaxia is safe and effective
Mother of child who got Dengvaxia asks Garin, ‘Nakakatulog pa ba kayo?’
'Ako po ay sobrang na-disappoint kasi mismong ahensiya niyo ang nagpapahamak sa aming mga anak,' says Iris Alpay, a mother from Cavite whose daughter received the dengue vaccine
PCMC director grilled for P3-B dengue vaccine purchase
Philippine Children’s Medical Center chief Julius Lecciones says the hospital made the procurement only upon the order of then Health Secretary Janette Garin
Indonesia vaccinates millions to halt deadly diphtheria outbreak
Some 8 million children and teenagers across the Southeast Asian nation will receive the shot to prevent further spread of the disease which is caused by a bacterial infection
Gordon says Dengvaxia approval ‘too fast,’ hints at ‘conspiracy’
The haste by which fund was made available for Sanofi's dengue vaccine defies the government cycle, where requesting agencies have to 'recite 3,000 novenas' before their funds are released, says Senator Richard Gordon
Garin says dengue vaccination program 'not a midnight deal'
The health secretary who green-lighted the vaccine says all of the transactions were aboveboard
