Health and Lifestyle
Batangas guv targets expanded healthcare services
February 13, 2024, 8:50 pm
BATANGAS CITY – The provincial government here will expand free healthcare services as part of its flagship Health, Education, Livelihood and Protection (HELP) program. In an interview on Tuesday, Batangas Gov. Hermilando Mandanas said the national government’s existing health initiatives,… Read More
Gov't commits to further strengthen efforts on tobacco control
February 11, 2024, 2:19 pm
MANILA – The government has committed to further strengthen efforts against tobacco use during the 10th Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (COP10-WHO FCTC) held Feb. 5 to 10 in Panama. In a speech by Senior Deputy Executive… Read More
CHR to LGUs: Boost reproductive health educ to curb teen pregnancy
February 9, 2024, 5:34 pm
MANILA – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday urged local government units (LGUs) to focus on comprehensive measures to enhance sexual and reproductive health education and services. In its situation report on the interplay of gender inequality and teenage pregnancy, the CHR noted that… Read More
Tobacco consumption declining worldwide: WHO
February 9, 2024, 1:31 am Updated on February 9, 2024, 1:34 am
ANKARA – The number of people using tobacco products, which are the main cause of respiratory diseases as well as cardiovascular ailments, fell from 1.26 billion in 2020 to 1.24 billion in 2022, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). At the initiative of the UN agency, Feb.… Read More
Health expert: Lifestyle change effective way to prevent cancer
February 6, 2024, 2:34 pm
ILOILO CITY – A lifestyle change, including a plant-based diet and being physically active, is the cheapest, most practical and effective way to prevent cancer and other lifestyle-related diseases, a health expert said Tuesday. “Plant-based diet is not necessarily vegan or not necessarily… Read More
Gov’t alarmed over hike in early teen pregnancies
February 5, 2024, 1:55 pm
MANILA – The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) called for heightened vigilance against adolescent pregnancies as it closely monitors the movement in numbers among young girls between 2021 and 2022. In a news release on Monday, CPD executive director Lisa Grace Bersales noted that… Read More
Albay town receives medicines, equipment from power firm
January 30, 2024, 5:06 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – Some 5,000 villagers in Tiwi, Albay have started to benefit from medicines, medical supplies and equipment donated to the local government unit (LGU) by the AboitizPower Renewables Inc. (APRI). In an interview on Tuesday, Dianne Pitallano, APRI information officer, said residents… Read More
State-of-the-art gov't hospital soon to rise in Puerto Princesa
January 24, 2024, 8:31 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan – Top officials of the Department of Health (DOH) met with provincial and city health officials on Wednesday to iron out the details of a new medical facility that will soon rise in Barangay Irawan here. The new hospital is made possible by the Senate Finance… Read More
Palawan health office eyes improved services
January 23, 2024, 7:22 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) here said the 16 hospitals managed by the provincial government in various municipalities have served numerous patients in 2023 and aims to further improve the delivery of health services to the people this year. Provincial Health… Read More
Solon wants district hospital converted into DOH-run general hospital
January 23, 2024, 6:21 pm
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A lawmaker in this province said a major hurdle in the way of upgrading the Bay District Hospital into a general hospital has been surmounted. Laguna 2nd District Representative Ruth Mariano-Hernandez made this statement after the House of Representatives approved on third… Read More
DOH urges police to ensure vape inaccessibility to minors
January 16, 2024, 9:29 pm
MANILA – Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa has called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) to ensure that teenagers do not have access to vapes or electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). In a media forum on Tuesday, Herbosa said he wrote a request to PNP regarding the implementation of the law… Read More
DOH: Diarrhea cases hike in Baguio under probe
January 11, 2024, 12:47 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) is assisting the Baguio City government in the management and control of diarrhea cases in the area. This was after Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong declared an outbreak of the disease on Wednesday. The DOH, through its Epidemiology Bureau, said the increase… Read More
Albay targets over 470K kids, teens for deworming
January 9, 2024, 5:19 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Albay Provincial Health Office (PHO) has urged parents with children and teenagers aged one to 19 years old, to allow their kids to undergo deworming. In an interview on Tuesday, Anthony Ludovice, PHO Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) Program coordinator, said they target to… Read More
Negros Occidental expands community-based nutrition program
January 4, 2024, 5:05 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental provincial government is expanding its community-based nutrition program (CBNP) to Cauayan town to address high incidence of malnutrition among young children in the southern Negros locality. Some 16 of the town’s 25 villages got a total of PHP4.3-million… Read More
Bacolod City residents get free pneumonia, flu shots
January 4, 2024, 4:20 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Residents in this city can avail of free pneumonia and influenza (flu) vaccinations to prevent cases among the vulnerable population under the “Handog Pasasalamat sa mga Pamilyang Bacolodnon” program of the City Health Office (CHO). On Jan. 5 and 6, some 200 doses of pneumonia… Read More
DOH improves healthcare, brings services closer to people
January 1, 2024, 7:39 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) continues to improve its mandate of bringing quality healthcare services to all Filipinos nationwide. For the year 2023, the agency was busy on the establishment of healthcare facilities, especially in the provinces, that would provide state-of-the-art… Read More
Protect your hearing, pets against New Year's Eve noise
December 31, 2023, 6:42 pm
MANILA – Maricar Estor, 20, has been wearing earmuffs every New Year’s Eve for almost 17 years now as loud sounds due to the revelry cause her palpitation and pain in her ears. “I remember when I was younger, I cry when I hear firecrackers blasting and I’m even afraid to go out of the… Read More
PhilHealth to adjust benefit package rates in 2024
December 22, 2023, 8:08 pm
MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is set to adjust the rates of most of its benefit packages starting 2024. PhilHealth must adjusts its rates in order for members to cope with the increasing cost of medical care, PhilHealth president and chief executive officer… Read More
Measles, rubella cases up by 335% – DOH
December 22, 2023, 6:08 pm
MANILA – The country has logged 2,594 measles and rubella cases for the first 11 months of this year. In a message to reporters on Friday, the Department of Health (DOH) said data from Jan. 1 to Nov. 25 translates to a 335-percent increase, or from 596 cases in the same period last year.… Read More
Solon seeks probe into PH’s readiness vs. respiratory illness surge
December 19, 2023, 5:20 pm Updated on December 20, 2023, 11:05 pm
MANILA – Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has filed a resolution seeking to know the country’s preparation in case of global rise of respiratory illness and surge of other diseases. Under his Senate Resolution (SR) No. 874, Villanueva noted that Chinese health authorities reported on… Read More
