DOH The Department of Health (DOH) assured the public that the government is prepared for a possible monkeypox outbreak in the country, following the World Health Organization's (WHO) declaration that the disease is a "public health emergency of international concern." The DOH, together with its...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go stressed on Saturday, June 4 the need to continue implementing minimum public health standards amid recent proposals to lift the ‘’State of Public Health Emergency’’ and make the wearing of face masks optional in the country. “It might be too early to...
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classifying the Philippines under the lowest travel-risk classification, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said that the country should now lift the state of a public health emergency . Presidential Adviser for...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says that the Department of Health (DOH) will properly distribute Covid-19 benefits to healthcare workers (HCWs) under the newly-enacted Republic Act (RA) 11712. Passers-by walk in front of a mural depicting medical frontliners. (Photo by Jansen...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday commended President Duterte for signing into law Republic Act No. 11712 or the Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Health Care Workers Act saying it would provide continuing support to the country’s health care workers amid the ongoing...
President Duterte has signed into law the measure, which grants the mandatory continuing benefits to public and private healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies of a national scale. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No....
While the world continues to battle the ongoing pandemic, a former health official raised alarm over climate change being a public health emergency affecting people globally as well, with air pollution as a major environmental risk to public health. “Climate change is a public health...
