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Contractual healthcare workers endure low benefits, poor

WEBIn Iloilo province, 56% of healthcare workers who had contracted Covid-19 as of May 31, 2021 were “contract of service” or “job order” personnel. Hospitals relied …

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PH priority groups: 35 million Filipinos who will get the

WEBThe Philippines is set to begin public inoculations against Covid-19 with the arrival on Feb. 28 of the first 600,000 doses of vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical …

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Filipinos face the mental toll of the Covid-19 pandemic

WEBThe 30-year-old writer is just one of many Filipinos experiencing the mental health fallout of the pandemic. Covid-19 infections in the Philippines have reached …

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Up to 70% of local healthcare funds lost to corruption

WEBThe PCIJ’s latest investigation is a three-part series that exposes widespread corruption in the provision of health care. The investigation points the finger at local governments, to …

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Do-it-yourself healthcare

WEBDo-it-yourself healthcare. The government's meager resources for health mean that more and more Filipinos will resort to self-diagnosis and medication. The poor will be at a …

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Lack of nurses burdens an ailing healthcare system

WEBLack of nurses burdens an ailing healthcare system. by Chit Estella. Monday, March 21st, 2005. This month, some 20,000 nursing students will graduate …

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Loneliness, anxiety grip Malabon’s children in custody during

WEBLoneliness, anxiety grip Malabon’s children in custody during pandemic. On a small street in the city of Malabon is a two-story building painted in gray and pink. The …

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And now, hospitals as tourist spots

WEBZOE DE la Torre didn't mind that her surgery at the plush, marble-floored St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City cost P700,000. Not even if she could have had …

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Double jeopardy: Sick in prison in the time of the pandemic

WEBPlagued with acute overcrowding, poor ventilation, inaccessible health care services, and high prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases …

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Woman of many firsts

WEBWoman of many firsts. by Fides Lim. Thursday, August 9th, 2007. FRAIL BUT feisty still at 95, the diminutive doctora is proof positive of her own prescription for …

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Dengue, doctors, hospital beds: Ne’er the twain shall meet

WEBDengue, doctors, hospital beds: Ne’er the twain shall meet? by The PCIJ Data Team September 11, 2019.

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Chronic illnesses on the rise in Marcopper towns

WEBProvincial health officer Dr. Honesto Marquez, for one, says he has noticed a rise in the number of cases of diabetes, goiter, renal disease, spontaneous abortion, and …

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Best practices: 5 community projects barangay officials can …

WEBThe community-based monitoring system (CBMS) is a technology-based way of acquiring, processing, and verifying data for policy making, program …

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Isolated Philippine communities are safe from coronavirus, but

WEBCovid-free so far The upland village of the Dumagat was identified by the Bureau of Local Health Development as a “geographically isolated and disadvantaged …

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Health politics demoralizes doctors

WEBHealth politics demoralizes doctors. by Yvonne T. Chua. Wednesday, May 4th, 2005. Barrio doctor Richard Lariosa hopes local politics would not again become a …

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Two tributary creeks pose threat to Iloilo River rehabilitation

WEBFecal coliform levels in the two creeks have been a cause for concern. Samples on the main stretch of the Iloilo River taken in 2020 exceeded the 200 …

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Prostituted people face increased risks during the pandemic

WEBCanong said most of the city’s prostituted men and women wanted better and less self-demeaning opportunities. “They also told us that they want to earn in more …

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Pandemic underscores struggles of Manila's urban poor

WEBWhen the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, health experts advised frequent handwashing with soap and water. It’s the cheapest and easiest way to avoid the deadly …

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Health, environment concerns are raised as Philippine cement

WEBThe DENR has pushed cement plants to burn plastic municipal wastes as alternative fuel to help address the country’s solid waste problem. But critics are raising …

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