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WHO warns of a surge in COVID-19 cases if unsafe gatherings continue
With the unsafe gatherings and social mixing expected in the next two months, a surge in COVID-19 cases is quite likely, says a representative from the World Health Organization (W ...
Opinion: Is the pandemic ending soon?
The pandemic is not over yet. Using the tools we have and the lessons we learned, the Philippines can transition to sustained management of COVID-19.
DOH, RITM, WHO establish subnational laboratories to expand the country's capacity in detecting vaccine-preventable diseases
The Department of Health (DOH), through the leadership of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) and the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), is establishi ...
Protecting our Health, Saving our #OnlyOneEarth
Humans deal with personal battles every day. We strive to combat challenges from the individual to social levels. And as we co-exist on the same planet, we realize that there are c ...
Walong hakbang tungo sa ligtas na home-based recovery para sa COVID-19
WHO supports regions to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake among seniors, indigent population
After a full year of vaccinating its population against COVID-19, the Philippines has over 63 million fully vaccinated Filipinos. And yet, the country continues to face challenges ...
Polio and an opportunity to strengthen UHC
Yesterday was World Polio Day. Other countries may reflect on polio as a thing of the past, but in the Philippines, we are concerned to see its recent reemergence. The terrible new ...
PH must act to eliminate hepatitis
Chances are someone in your family is infected with hepatitis virus, but might not be aware of it. In the Philippines, around one in 10 people have chronic hepatitis B, and six in ...
Food safety is everybody’s responsibility
Everyone has the right to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. Still today, almost one in 10 people in the world fall ill, and 420,000 die after eating contaminated food. When foo ...
Dr Rajendra Prasad Yadav
Acting WHO Representative to the Philippines
WHO announces winners of inaugural Western Pacific Innovation Challenge
More than 400 public health innovators submitted entries for the first World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Innovation Challenge: Innovation for the Future of Public Hea ...
Countries in the Western Pacific on the frontlines of the climate crisis, says WHO
A pandemic, a polluted planet, and increasing incidence of cancer, heart disease and asthma. Amid all this, on World Health Day 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging ...
East Asia and Pacific countries commit to ending violence against children during COVID-19 and beyond
Government leaders and representatives from 25 countries in East Asia and the Pacific reinforced their commitment to ending violence against children during a virtual conference ho ...
Health leaders endorse action plan to end TB in the Region
On the final day of their annual meeting, health leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region adopted a resolution to reduce the burden of tuberculosis (TB ...
Outbreak and emergencies in the Western Pacific
