More than the press releases, the Department of Health (DOH) must explain the issues and implications and give the parents of children who were vaccinated with Dengvaxia the assurance of free and accessible services.”
The Financial Times reported that among the top selling products of big pharmaceutical companies are vaccines.
Have your children examined to know if he or she had previously acquired dengue. If not, seek audience with the Department of Health (DOH) and ask them for the full explanation on the possible adverse effects of the vaccine.”
“Despite harassments and threats, we encourage everyone to be strong and steadfast in their commitment to serve the people." By BULATLAT MANILA – Progressive health groups condemned the harassment of one of their leaders who received death threats via text message...
“The Filipino people have long been suffering from deprivation of basic social services like health services. I know that there is nothing wrong in what I am doing.”
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
"Under the Aquino administration, public health services are no longer free but they come for a fee." – Alliance of Health Workers
By MARYA SALAMAT
Is this proposed budget just a dream? A study conducted by health groups HEAD and AHW revealed that there are enough sources to fund a P90 billion ($$2.037 billion) health budget, if the Aquino government has the political will to do so.
The Office of the Ombudsman has now the biggest number of complainants since it was formed during the last years of martial law: 52 farmers, survivors and relatives of seven victims in the Nov. 16 Hacienda Luisita massacre. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com The...
Hope Springs on Isla Puting Bato
Media Release 26 February 2010 Hard-pressed to substantiate its claims and accusations, the Armed Forces of the Philippines has renewed its pressure and torture tactics to produce so-called “witnesses”. Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) demanded the immediate...
Statement of Health Alliance for Democracy on the State of the Nation Address (Sona) 2009 The signs and symptoms exhibited by the government of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over the last eight years are consistent with the moribund condition of multiple organ...
While Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has repeatedly claimed that health and other social services are her priorities, records show otherwise. The budget for health has been consistently meager, causing dire effects on the people’s conditions. BY RONALYN V. OLEA...
BY BULATLAT An organization of doctors and health professionals has slammed the proposed health budget for 2009, saying that the increase will benefit foreign medical tourists and not Filipino patients. In a statement, the Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) said,...
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