He shows how changes to forms and structures of governance in the developing world can alter the quality of health care services on which the poor depend. Drawing on research and fieldwork conducted in the Philippines, he looks at how efforts to decentralize key social services have been ...
PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRESS IN THE PHILIPPINES.doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)51660-2Kristjansdottir, HildurGottfredsdottir, HelgaElsevierLancet
The major problems in public health in the Philippines are: (1) communicable diseases which accounted for 43% of the total deaths in 1978, caused a high infant mortality rate (2510.9/100 000), and dominated morbidity; (2) a rapid population growth; (3) malnutrition and nutritional deficiency...
`Public health policy and medical missions in the Philippines: the case of oral--facial clefting.' Asia Pac J Public Health 21(1): 94... Mendoza,L R. - 《Asia Pac J Public Health》 被引量: 24发表: 2009年 The Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Medical-Surgical Missions ...
Directing government subsidies to social services such as health care is expected to bring about positive external/social benefits and improve equity in access to health services. In general, government spending on health is envisioned to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capabi...
10th World Congress on Public Health and Nutrition scheduled on January 27-28, 2025 Bangkok, Thailand. The main theme of the conference is Nurturing Health Together: A Path to Vibrant Communities which covers a wide range of critically important sessio
Received Apr 12, 2022 Revised Oct 30, 2022 Accepted Nov 15, 2022 Despite initiatives to address the disease, rabies remains a public health threat in the Philippines. To determine the trend of rabies infections in the country and provide possible interventions to reduce or eliminate deaths of th...
MANILA, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the executive order and declared a state of public health emergency after the country's Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the local COVID-19 transmission in the country, his spokesperson said on Monday. ...
Inappropriate antibiotic dispensing and use: A public health threat in the Philippines Inappropriate antibiotic dispensing and use: A public health threat in the Philippines A high rate of improper antibiotic dispensing was reported to patients with presumed viral infections even without a prescription ...
MANILA, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' health department on Friday called on public to avoid direct contact with wild birds, sick birds, or people who come into contact with infected birds following avian influenza outbreaks in some parts of the country. ...