Herbosa cites hindrance in DOH’s bid to secure more bivalent vaccines
Registration requirements and high vaccine demand abroad hinder government attempts to secure more Covid-19 vaccines, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
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Registration requirements and high vaccine demand abroad hinder government attempts to secure more Covid-19 vaccines, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
The Department of Health (DOH) said that local transmission of the Covid-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 is “highly likely” after three more cases were detected in the country with “no linkages to international cases or no known history of exposure.”
The Department of Health (DOH) will convene the members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to discuss and reassess policies after the World Health Organization (WHO) lifted the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on Covid-19.
Currently, the Department of Health lists 11 possible health conditions that qualify afflicted individuals for immediate vaccination against COVID-19. Among these conditions include hypertension, both forms of diabetes, and all types of cancer. Another condition made it to the list, that is obesity — not as popular to many but is critically important yet overlooked.
THE Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is lobbying to include Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug being studied as a potential cure for Covid-19, in the Department of Health’s (DOH) treatment protocol to qualify for emergency use.
THE government is eyeing to tap the P23-billion “unutilized” fund under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) to give aid to people affected by the new round of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and its surrounding provinces.
THE Philippine government signed on Monday a US$300 million loan agreement with Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for the purchase of its Covid-19 vaccines.
ONLY accommodation establishments (AEs) operating as quarantine facilities are allowed to operate from March 29 to April 4, in keeping with the implementation of an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) covering the National Capital Region, along with Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal (NCR-plus).
The rehabilitation program of the government for drug surrenderees received a boost following the signing of the ¥1.85-billion (P826-million) grant between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) and the Department of Health (DOH) recently.
The Department of Health (DOH) is backing the government’s campaign to run after tax cheats in the cigarette industry, adding that an additional P1 billion in unpaid taxes could have been spent to procure medicines and pay for the medical treatment of some 5.7 million indigent Filipinos afflicted with hypertension and diabetes, according to the Department of Finance (DOF).
If there were two things that are undeniably abundant in the country today, that would be stray cats and dogs. All over the country, the presence of dogs and cats freely roaming the streets is very common and looks very harmless.
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose as a serious public health emergency to the people. This fact has to be known by everyone so that proper actions can be initiated, implemented and sustained over time.
YEARLY, the Department of Health records at least 200 t0 250 deaths due to bites of rabid animals, and 50 percent of the recorded fatalities were children between five and 14 years old.
THE Department of Health is mourning the death of bario doctor Dreyfus Perlas, who Health Secretary Secretary Paulyn Ubial considered as a “son of the DOH.”
The Department of Health (DOH) together with other government agencies and members of the private sector have been consistently addressing rabies cases in the country. Different campaigns in the national and grassroots levels were rolled out to guarantee the success of the country’s goal to prevent fatality due to animal bites.
The Department of Health (DOH) reminded that you should choose a heart-healthy gift or practice a healthy lifestyle and diet to keep one healthy as 30 percent percent of the deaths in the Philippines are cardiovascular diseases.
Parents can now heave a sigh of relief.
DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) – MIMAROPA (Oriental/Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) has deployed Special Medical Action Response Teams (S.M.A.R.T.) in the five provinces to provide support in the on-going assessment of drug surrenderees.
SEVERAL non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and reproductive-health advocates on Monday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to immediately lift the temporary restraining order (TRO) it issued in June 2015 stopping the government from “procuring, selling, distributing, dispensing and administering, advertising and promoting” contraceptive implants.
THE Department of Health (DOH) expects that Filipinos will “hesitate” if not stop smoking” after all tobacco products now bears graphic health warnings which show the ill effects of smoking as the Department of Health (DOH) launches the full implementation of the Graphic Health Warnings (GHW) Law on tobacco products.
AS part of government’s effort to give equal health opportunity for all Filipinos regardless of age, the Department of Health (DOH) – MIMAROPA (Oriental/Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) TSEKAP (Tamang Serbisyo sa Kalusugan ng Pamilya) has served 64,361 family members under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program of the government in MIMAROPA since the start of the program on September 16, 2016.
The Department of Health (DOH) has warned that administrative fines shall be imposed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for noncompliant packages or any violation of the Graphic Health Warning (GHW) Law, or Republic Act (RA) 10643.
FORMER Health Secretary Janette L. Garin assailed Sen. Richard J. Gordon “for being misinformed” about the P3.5-billion antidengue vaccination project that benefitted about 500,000 schoolchildren.
WHEN someone tells you breast cancer, what comes into your mind immediately? Death sentence, that’s what. This is especially true among women.
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