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Outmigration and unequal distribution of Filipino - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WEB39,086 HCWs are in NCR, while only 3,445 practice in BARMM, a region in southern Philippines. With the exception of some nurses, more Filipino HCWs, …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(22)00127-4/fulltext

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Violence against health-care workers in the Philippines

(3 days ago) WEBFilipino health-care workers have not been immune to the growing violence and impunity in the country since President Duterte took office in 2016. Since 2017, at …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00785-1/fulltext

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Picturing Health in the Philippines - 75 Years of Hope and Progress

(3 days ago) WEBA barangay health worker conducts house-to-house visit and offers health advice to mothers. Organizing health services around people’s needs, especially in rural and …

https://www.who.int/philippines/news/spotlights/picturing-health-in-the-philippines-75-years-of-hope-and-progress

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Overworked, underpaid health workers are walking …

(6 days ago) WEBLow pay, high risk: The reality of nurses in the Philippines. According to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), an entry-level registered nurse receives an average salary of P8,000 ($160

https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/overworked-underpaid-health-workers-walking-away-delta-variant-ravages-philippines/

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Philippines raises cap on health professionals going abroad

(1 days ago) WEBThe Philippines has increased the number of nurses and healthcare workers allowed to go overseas to 6,500 annually, a senior official said on Friday, amid …

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-raises-cap-health-professionals-going-abroad-2021-06-18/

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Connecting communities to primary care: a qualitative study on …

(8 days ago) WEBCommunity health workers (CHWs) are an important cadre of the primary health care (PHC) workforce in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-020-05699-0

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Philippines health workers protest neglect as COVID-19 strains

(4 days ago) WEBItem 1 of 5 Healthcare workers hold a protest outside the Philippines' Department of Health, demanding better wages and benefits amid rising coronavirus …

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-health-workers-protest-neglect-covid-19-strains-hospitals-2021-09-01/

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Portrait of Filipino healthcare workers’ discrimination experiences

(3 days ago) WEBBeddoes cited the healthcare workers’ experience of getting punched in the face on a Chicago bus and a healthcare worker was doused with bleach by five men in …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9189115/

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Exploring indirect impacts of COVID-19 on local health systems …

(3 days ago) WEBService providers included rural health physicians, public health nurses, community health workers, and primarily represented two Luzon LGUs. Emerging …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(22)00200-0/fulltext

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Advancing Filipino Healthcare: The Plight of Filipino Nurses in a

(4 days ago) WEBAt a time when the Philippine health system was already overwhelmed, this mass exodus by some of the most important healthcare workers severely limited …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10722941/

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Philippine government must support health workers, WHO says

(Just Now) WEBSUPPORT NEEDED. Healthcare workers from the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Manila stage noise barrage on August 25, 2021, as they protest …

https://www.rappler.com/nation/who-says-philippine-government-must-support-health-workers/

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WHO Philippines World Health Organization

(2 days ago) WEBDr Rui Paulo de Jesus. WHO Representative to the Philippines. 5 April 2024. Media release. 4 April 2024. News release. 6 March 2024. News release. 1 March …

https://www.who.int/philippines/

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The Experiences of Community Health Workers in Preventing

(1 days ago) WEB(1) Background: Barangay health workers (BHWs) play important roles as community health workers in preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), where …

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/17/2424

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The Experiences of Community Health Workers in Preventing

(4 days ago) WEBThe Philippines was one of the first countries to adopt the 1979 Alma Ata Declaration on PHC, launching the barangay health worker (BHW) program in 1981 . …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487527/

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(PDF) Important but Neglected: A Qualitative Study on the Lived

(5 days ago) WEBIn the Philippines, the CHW initiative features barangay health workers (BHWs). Section 3 of the Republic Act 7883 defines barangay health workers as those …

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371579692_Important_but_Neglected_A_Qualitative_Study_on_the_Lived_Experiences_of_Barangay_Health_Workers_in_the_Philippines

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Philippines' Duterte orders payment of healthcare workers' …

(7 days ago) WEBItem 1 of 2 A health worker walks around to check on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients admitted in the chapel of Quezon City General Hospital turned into …

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-duterte-orders-payment-healthcare-workers-benefits-2021-08-21/

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Low pay, high risk: The reality of nurses in the Philippines - RAPPLER

(Just Now) WEBMANILA, Philippines – The nature of health workers’ jobs is such that they are put at risk of contracting any disease, including the deadly COVID-19. Despite low …

https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/259610-salary-nurses-philippines/

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Philippines: population to health workers by region 2022 - Statista

(1 days ago) WEBIn 2022, there was one active barangay health worker (BHW) for about 88 people in the Philippines. The highest population-to-barangay health worker ratio was …

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1370633/philippines-number-of-health-workers-by-region/

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The Situation of Barangay Health Workers in the Philippines: A …

(9 days ago) WEBABSTRACT. In the current community health care set-up in the Philippines, a barangay health center is managed by a Public Health Nurse and a Midwife. Both the nurse and …

https://ijrpr.com/uploads/V4ISSUE4/IJRPR12273.pdf

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DOH CELEBRATES NATIONAL HEALTH WORKERS’ DAY, COMMITS …

(6 days ago) WEBThe Department of Health (DOH) and all its attached agencies, today join the celebration of National Health Workers’ Day, May 7, 2023. As the primary agency of the …

https://doh.gov.ph/press-release/DOH-CELEBRATES-NATIONAL-HEALTH-WORKERS-DAY-COMMITS-SUPPORT-FOR-THE-BETTERMENT-OF-THEIR-OVERALL-WELFARE/

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[OPINION] Barangay health workers need more than recognition

(7 days ago) WEBMay 3, 2023 2:46 PM PHT. Kenneth Hartigan-Go, Sheena Valenzuela, Melissa Prieto. INFO. 'The DOH recommends a ratio of 1 barangay health worker per 20 households. …

https://www.rappler.com/voices/ispeak/opinion-barangay-health-workers-need-more-than-recognition/

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