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Minimizing the impact of the Delta variant in the Philippines
The Delta variant is the most closely watched coronavirus mutation yet, and with good reason: it’s twice as transmissible as the original virus, with one positive person potentiall ...
Quezon City Successfully Rolls out Digital Tools For COVID-19 Response
At the start of the pandemic the main tool of Quezon City’s contact tracing system was a pen, paper, and a cell phone. The pen and paper were used to log a person’s location and he ...
Breastfeeding must continue amidst COVID-19
In observance of Breastfeeding Awareness Month in the Philippines with the theme “Tulong-Tulong sa Pagpapasuso sa First 1,000 Days!”, the Department of Health (DOH), The Korean Emb ...
Pasig City: A COVID-19 Vaccination Success Story
For 104-year-old Lualhati Masanga, being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 means something more than being protected from severe illness. It has brought her closer to doing what sh ...
Vaccine Champion: A mother shares her experience with measles
Cancer control legislation in the Philippines a step in the right direction to improve childhood cancer management
Cancer is among the leading causes of death and disability in the Western Pacific. It affects people across different age groups, with children among the most vulnerable. In the Ph ...
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 Rabindra Abeyasinghe
WHO Representative in the Philippines
COVID-19 vaccines available for all healthcare workers in the Western Pacific Region
All countries and areas of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region have now secured sufficient doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine to protect al ...
Nearly two thirds of global drowning deaths occur in Asia Pacific
In 2019, over 144 000 people drowned in the Asia Pacific region, accounting for 61% of global drowning deaths, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) regional asses ...
Hong Kong SAR (China) eliminates rubella
Hong Kong SAR (China) has achieved rubella-free status according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination for the ...
UN agencies warn economic impact of COVID-19 and worsening inequalities will fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the Pacific
The economic impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia ...
Outbreak and emergencies in the Western Pacific
