Senator Pia Cayetano has received the prestigious World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, May 31. Senator Pia Cayetano accepts the World No Tobacco Day Award from World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Dr. Rui Paulo de Jesus at the Senate of...
ILOILO CITY – The town of Tubungan in Iloilo province is the pilot site for the skills enhancement program of the International Labor Organization (ILO) of the United Nations (UN). TUBUNGAN Mayor Roquito Tacsagon (center) discusses the ‘Tubong-Tubong’ program that brings services of the local...
The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public on Friday, May 12, of the importance of staying alert as the World Health Organization (WHO) lifted the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on monkeypox. "If you have a travel history to countries with Monkeypox, and then have...
Now that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the Philippine government should now focus on the recovery of the education sector which is one of the hardest hit during the pandemic. In this regard,...
The public should remain vigilant as the Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over despite the lifting of its global health emergency status, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the Covid-19 no longer represents a public health emergency of...
Public health expert Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon stressed the need for continued vigilance against Covid-19 despite the World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement that the global health emergency is now over. (Kristine Wook / Unsplash) “I welcome WHO[’s] announcement that Covid pandemic...
While Covid-19 is no longer categorized as a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) reminded the public to learn from this health crisis and “change for the better.” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reminded the people that Covid-19 is still a threat despite...
The Department of Health (DOH) is set to convene the other members of the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to reassess the country’s current measures against the Covid-19. The agency’s pronouncement comes after the World Health Organization...
By CHIHOKO ASADA-MIYAKAWA It’s now 10 years since the Rana Plaza building, located in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed. That fateful day, at least 1,132 people – mainly garment workers – were killed and more than 2,500 injured. The disaster seized global attention and led to change. Yet while a...
An official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that person-to-person transmission of H3N8 avian influenza is “extremely rare.” WHO Western Pacific Region Emergency Director Dr. Babatunde Olowokure made the statement after three cases of H3N8 avian influenza were detected in China,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee is set to meet again next month to discuss whether or not Covid-19 is still a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Western Pacific Region Emergency Director Dr. Babatunde Olowokure said that the emergency panel will then give...
There is a slight increase in the number of new Covid-19 cases in the Philippines but this is not a cause for concern at this time, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, April 14. Recently, the Department of Health (DOH) monitored an uptick in the number of new Covid-19...
