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January 28, 2019

House panel approves proposed National eHealth System and Services Act

(MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Health has passed a substitute bill seeking to establish the National eHealth Systems and Services to deliver health services through cost-effective and secure...

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January 28, 2019

DOH partners with group for anti-goiter campaign

In the effort to combat goiter, the Department of Health (DOH) is partnering with various government agencies and private organizations to scale up promotion of the use of iodized salt....

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January 25, 2019

DOH 10 clarifies: fish cannot transmit HIV to humans

TUBOD, LANAO DEL NORTE, January 23 (PIA) – Department of Health region 10 (DOH 10) clarified misinformation about Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) saying it...

January 24, 2019

Arroyo lauds Universal Health Care measure

The leadership of the House of Representatives led by Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday recommended for Senate action the Universal Health bill aimed at ensuring all Filipinos are...

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January 24, 2019

Mental health services now accessible in barangays

MANILA -- Filipinos may now have access to basic mental health services at the community level with the signing of implementing rules and regulations of the mental health law. Department of...

January 24, 2019

12th MDCON Research Congress

Tytana’s Manila Doctors College of Nursing (MDCON) will hold its 12th RESEARCH CONGRESS (MDCONRC) with the theme “HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR ALL: NURSING RESEARCH AND THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE” on FEBRUARY 22,...

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January 23, 2019

DOST approves 8 R&D grants for SMEs and universities

Research and Development (R&D) in academe and research and development institutions (RDI) is mostly conducted independent of industry needs and usually the end goal is a publication, intellectual property or...

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January 16, 2019

New law important boost to HIV response in the Philippines

20 years after the first HIV/AIDS law in the Philippines, the President signed into law the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018 (Republic Act 11166). The WHO welcomes...

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January 10, 2019

Cervical Cancer Screening Rate Is Low: Here’s What We Can Do About It

Experts say screenings need to be more convenient. A cancer survivor says people need to tell their stories. After everything we’ve learned about cervical cancer, it turns out the...

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