Despite the international availability of medicines, Filipino TB patients have faced recurring shortages that a medical humanitarian organization says are linked to problems in the government’s procurement system.
Kumalat sa Facebook ang mga gawa-gawang news card at public advisory poster na nagsasabing magkakaroon ng general community quarantine (GCQ) sa Metro Manila at iba pang rehiyon ngayong Hunyo dahil sa pagdami ng kaso ng Mpox virus sa Pilipinas.
Several fabricated and recycled news cards and public advisory posters have circulated on Facebook, falsely claiming that a general community quarantine (GCQ) could be imposed across Metro Manila and other regions within the month of June due to increasing cases of Mpox virus infections in the Philippines.
Vice President Sara Duterte’s boycott of the House of Representatives’ second hearing on the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed P2 billion budget for 2025, was a “great insult” to the House and its mandate, a lawmaker said.
Advocacy groups and the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Nov. 29, released a media guide to help Filipino journalists and news outlets to shift from sensationalized to a more “truthful, empowering, and human-rights based” approach in reporting about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
