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The World Health Organization supported by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) expand COVID-19 Laboratory Testing in the Philippines
In a pandemic caused by a highly contagious virus such as COVID-19, laboratory capacities for testing in any country is very crucial in order to immediately identify and isolate co ...
WHO Philippines donates COVID-19 data processing and encoding equipment to the Department of Health Epidemiology Bureau
The World Health Organization supports the Philippine government’s COVID-19 response by strengthening the Department of Health’s (DOH) surveillance systems. Surveillance is a crit ...
DOH receives WHO donations of PPES and medical devices
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III received various health commodities donated by the World Health Organization (WHO), at the Department of Health (DOH) Central Office today. ...
Webinar Series Addresses COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control in the Workplace
In response to the reports of COVID-19 infections in workplaces around the country, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) hosted a series of webinars to tackle issues and c ...
A salute to all Philippine health workers in the fight against polio
On 19 September 2019, the Philippine Department of Health declared a poliovirus outbreak after nearly two decades from the last polio case in the country.
Fighting Hepatitis during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The entire world is now battling to contain COVID-19 and, six months into it, the fight is far from over. But even as health workers continue to treat patients and medical research ...
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 ...
Dr Rabindra Abeyasinghe
WHO Representative in the Philippines
Region’s health ministers endorse action to promote access to vaccines, safe surgery and healthy ageing
Region’s leaders gather virtually to tackle COVID-19 and other health issues, chart WHO’s work in the Western Pacific
Asia Pacific health and finance ministers stress importance of universal health coverage in COVID-19 era and beyond
Urgent need for investment in nursing
Outbreak and emergencies in the Western Pacific
