Most Filipinos have a barangay health center within reach but do not know what it offers. This guide covers RHU and BHS services, what BHWs do, and how to access your PhilHealth YAKAP benefits including up to P20,000 in free...
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Barangay Health Centers: What Services You Are Entitled To
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How to Spot Health Misinformation on Facebook
A fake lockdown post went viral with 43,000 shares in 2025 before it was debunked. Here is how to tell the difference between real and...
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Women and Children Protection Units in the Philippines
A Women and Children Protection Unit is a specialized hospital-based facility that brings together physicians, social workers, mental health professionals, and police officers to serve...
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Community-Based Maternal Monitoring in the Philippines
Every year, approximately 2,400 women die in the Philippines from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. The gap is not clinical knowledge or available...
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The State of TB and HIV in the Philippines: What the Numbers Mean for Health Programming
The Philippines ranks third globally for tuberculosis burden and has the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in Asia Pacific. This article examines the latest data on both...
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Counting Lives, Not Clicks: A Critical Look at Mobile Health for Maternal Care in the Philippines
Every year, approximately 2,400 women die in the Philippines from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. The country's maternal mortality ratio of 119 per...
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JPARAP: How Korea and the UN Are Reducing Teen Pregnancy in Eastern Visayas
More than 140,000 Filipinas aged 10 to 19 gave birth in 2023 alone. In Samar and Southern Leyte, the burden was far worse than the...
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