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Polio vaccination must intensify until the last child is reached and fully protected
Since the re-emergence of polio in the Philippines was announced by the Department of Health (DOH) in September 2019, the synchronized polio vaccination campaigns rolled out from N ...
#VaccinesWork: 488,000 vulnerable children of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-tawi to receive additional protection from polio
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) continue their support to the Department of Health (DOH) in the remote islands of Basilan, Sulu and ...
Investment in noncommunicable diseases prevention and control will save lives and contribute to the Philippines saving up to 4.8% of annual GDP
The Department of Health (DOH), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) on the Preventio ...
WHO and UNICEF back the Department of Health in vaccinating 1.8 million children against polio
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are supporting the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) in the synchronized polio vaccination campa ...
Revisiting Junaisa, a little girl with polio
WHO support to interrupt polio transmission in the Philippines
20 health tips for 2020
Polio and an opportunity to strengthen UHC
Yesterday was World Polio Day. Other countries may reflect on polio as a thing of the past, but in the Philippines, we are concerned to see its recent reemergence. The terrible new ...
PH must act to eliminate hepatitis
Chances are someone in your family is infected with hepatitis virus, but might not be aware of it. In the Philippines, around one in 10 people have chronic hepatitis B, and six in ...
Food safety is everybody’s responsibility
Everyone has the right to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. Still today, almost one in 10 people in the world fall ill, and 420,000 die after eating contaminated food. When foo ...
Universal health care: the best investment the Philippines will make
Today in Asia and the Pacific, spending on health is growing faster than economies. On average, nearly 8% of GDP is devoted to health. With governments around the world making ambi ...
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WHO hosts dialogue on climate change and health
The World Health Organization (WHO) Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health in the Western Pacific Region hosted a dialogue with residents of Seoul, including students of th ...
Region’s leaders discuss need to protect health in relation to climate change and the environment
The seventieth session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific concluded today after discussions on climate change and environmental health.
Region’s health leaders pledge to tackle antimicrobial resistance and strengthen tobacco control
Health leaders at the seventieth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific today endorsed action plans to fight antimicrobial resist ...
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