Meeting your newborn for the first time is a feeling like no other. But being a new mom can also be exhausting, overwhelming, and tiring. Also called the fourth trimester, this is a time new moms adjust to caring for their baby while feeling aches and pains and having sore areas. This is why new...
Over the course of the 20th century, improved health outcomes such as increased child survival, reduced deaths due to infectious diseases, and longer life expectancies may be attributed through immunization. The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP), in partnership with...
St. Luke's Medical Center has just opened its first outpatient care services in SM City BF Parañaque, offering a comprehensive range of bloodwork and dialysis services to the community. It is an important milestone for St. Luke’s as it marks the first step toward providing quality and accessible...
The Philippines’ pioneer of hearing care, Manila Hearing Aid, and their long-term partnership with the globally-renowned hearing aid technology provider, Phonak, launched their newest platform to upgrade their Audeo hearing aid series. This exemplifies innovation in the field of hearing care....
The proposal to create mental health offices in school divisions as a way to address the emotional, psychological, and mental health needs of pupils and teachers has moved one step closer to enactment. (Anthony Tran/ Unsplash) This, after the House of Representatives unanimously passed on third and...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid is now pushing passage of a bill that seeks to strengthen the promotion and delivery of mental health services amid the rising cases of mental health issues among learners and school personnel. Lapid, in filing Senate Bill No. 1795 or the proposed “Basic Education...
The House of Representatives has passed on second reading the proposed “Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act". (MANILA BULLETIN) Approved via simple voice vote during plenary session Tuesday afternoon, Jan.24 was House Bill (HB) No. 6574. The measure is a consolidation of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a measure seeking to strengthen the delivery of mental health services in basic education schools in the Philippines. Gatchalian filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 379 or the Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act in hopes of immediately countering...
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its support for the conduct of face-to-face classes amid the ongoing threat of Covid-19. Attending classes physically has multiple benefits for students, the DOH said. "Face-to-face attendance in school will allow children to...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on member states to undertake steps that give more importance to people’s happiness and well-being in determining how to achieve and measure social and economic development. The resolution...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara San Beda University recently held the fourth Edgardo J. Angara Memorial Public Lecture on Public Policy as part of its Venerable Bede discussion series. Conducted online and livestreamed, the lecture’s theme was on nurturing holistic health and well-being at home...
The Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the positive impact of co-curricular activities on the well-being of learners amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from DepEd) “Our learners need outlets through co-curricular or extra-curricular activities to ease their stress,...
