A prioritization and seismic retrofit program was developed and focused on public schools and hospitals that have suffered disproportional damage and casualties in past disasters worldwide. The key steps in the program were to: (1) prioritize vulnerable structures, (2) conduct cost-benefit analysis ...
During the pandemic, travel to critical facilities (hospitals, grocery, pharmacies, etc.) has been severely restricted. Several studies have examined the impact of such mobility restrictions to access, health, and well-being. Palm et al (2021) measured the uneven impacts on the ability of ...
In 1981, a survey of 100 barangays (villages) in Bicol, the country’s third poorest region, found BMS widely distributed through birthing facilities and retail stores. Of the private and public hospitals surveyed, 95 and 67% had received free infant formula samples respectively, of which ~...
Based on this information, they found that suburban neighbourhoods have more restricted access to health services than neighbourhoods located in the central urban area. Qian et al.27 study the accessibility differences of Nanjing, China, hospitals grouped by patients reaching the hospitals by public ...
Numerous private facilities, clinics, nursing homes or hospitals and traditional medicine and faith healers are also located in close proximity. The Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, a not-for-profit organization and its two outreach units – the Community Health and Development (CHAD) and...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 03: A man waves from a bus in a neighborhood in the Queens borough, which has one of the highest infection rates of coronavirus in the nation, on April 03, 2020 in New York City. Hospitals in New York City, the nation's current epicenter of the COVID-...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 03: A man waves from a bus in a neighborhood in the Queens borough, which has one of the highest infection rates of coronavirus in the nation, on April 03, 2020 in New York City. Hospitals in New York City, the nation's current epicenter of the COVID-...
Ninetyfour percent (94%) or 1,667 have opted to retire while 6% or 111 employees have opted to be placed to other agencies such as DOH-managed hospitals, DepEd-supervised schools, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Land Transportation Office (LTO), National Statistics Office (...
We are inspired by the planning for cities like Putrajaya, built to be the capital city of Malaysia. We have seen a medical city like Texas Medical City in Houston, Texas, where major hospitals and health facilities were planned and were located. Clark City, 100 miles south of Manila, has...
(UHC), providing free health care to the residents, is located within the study area; and a government teaching hospital is located approximately five km away. Numerous private facilities, clinics, nursing homes or hospitals and traditional medicine and faith healers are also located in close ...