Archive for the ‘General Health’ Category

Dona Pazzibugan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—One out of every five adult Filipinos is diabetic, according to the latest national survey on the prevalence of the disease.
And compared to a decade ago, more Filipino children may now be at risk of contracting diabetes due to the growing cases of childhood obesity, among other factors, according to a [...]

Philippine Star
With the growing global demand for physicians and other health workers, medical doctors in the country continue to dwindle in number and are fast becoming a rare breed.
In fact, seven out of 10 sick Filipinos die untreated due to the acute lack of doctors in the country, former health secretary Jaime Galvez-Tan disclosed yesterday.
Tan [...]

Ruby de Vera
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Last updated 04:33pm (Mla time) 08/04/2008
MANILA, Philippines—Did you know:
13.4 percent of young adults have thought of committing suicide
25 percent have attempted to commit suicide
The average age of first suicide attempt is 16
9.6 percent felt really hopeless about the future and 9.9 percent felt depressed about life in general.
*From the 2002 Young [...]

Marvin Sy
Philippine Star
The long wait is over.
Filipinos can now expect more low-cost medicine in the market with the signing into law of the Universally Accessible, Cheaper and Quality Medicine Act of 2008.
The signing ceremony for Republic Act 9052 was held yesterday at the Laguna Provincial Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Laguna with the principal authors of [...]

Marvin Sy
Philippine Star
The Philippines is ranked first among 55 developing countries in terms of providing basic health care to children, according to the United States-based organization Save the Children.
In its annual State of the World’s Mothers report, the organization placed the Philippines on top of its basic health care report card after seeing good progress [...]

Helen Flores
Philippine Star
The government has allocated some P750 million to sustain the implementation of the supplemental feeding program this year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said yesterday.
Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral said the budget was allocated in the 2007 General Appropriations Act so the program can be continuously implemented for school year [...]