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‘WELLNESS MOVEMENT’ FOR HEALTH WORKERS LAUNCHED

The Department of Health (DOH), with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Australian Government, launched “The Wellness Movement,” an initiative that aims to support over 3,000 healthcare workers across the Philippines in improving their mental health and well-being. Based on the global report of the WHO in October 2022, 23% to […]

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GIVE HEALTHCARE WORKERS MORE FUNDS – PIMENTEL

Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III said that nurses and doctors, who he called the pandemic heroes, should not be made to bear the brunt of the budget cuts in the name of fiscal tightening. “To cut the health sector’s budget in the name of fiscal tightening is a mistake that can be proven costly, […]

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DEPLOY HEALTH WORKERS IN SCHOOLS – CO

A lawmaker said healthcare frontliners should be deployed on school campuses for the opening of face-to-face classes this year. BHW Party-list Representative Angelica Co said the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response at this time should have more emphasis on all the schools and campus communities because classes are resuming with face-to-face contact. Co said the Department […]

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ALLOWANCE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS AMID COVID PUSHED

Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has expressed hope that President Rodrigo Duterte would soon green-light the measure giving COVID-related benefits to the country’s healthcare workers (HCWs), retroactive to July last year, and for them to continue receiving such extra pay for as long as the state of public health emergency stays. Villafuerte issued this statement […]

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INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF FRONTLINERS’ BENEFITS URGED

Senator Kiko Pangilinan has sponsored a measure seeking to institutionalize benefits for public and private frontliners during a state of public health emergencies as he aims for faster disbursement so they can use it for the needs of their families. Pangilinan said Senate Bill No. 2421 if passed into law, will help avoid a repeat […]

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VILLANUEVA: GIVE ALL HEALTHCARE WORKERS HAZARD PAY

All healthcare workers should all be given hazard pay and allowances for risking exposure to COVID-19 every day in private and public health institutions, Senator Joel Villanueva said. At the Senate hearing on Senate Bill No. 2371 or the Benefits for Healthcare Workers Act, Villanueva not only endorsed a proposal doubling the Special Risk Allowances […]

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CONGRESS URGED TO OK BILLS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS

With sufficient funding for all additional benefits of healthcare workers apparently still an uncertainty, Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte said that the long-term solution to guarantee such extra remuneration for  medical frontliners is for Congress to pass new legislation providing them with hazard pay plus substantial increases in the current rates of their overtime pay and […]

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VILLANUEVA: SEND SRA ‘BUDGET ERRATA’ TO CONGRESS

If government really intends to extend the grant of Special Risk Allowance (SRA) and COVID-19 Active Duty Hazard Pay (AHDP) to health workers next year, it should send to Congress a “budget errata” specifying the required amounts that will have to be included in the 2022 national budget, Senator Joel Villanueva said. “Kung seryoso po […]

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DUTERTE ORDERS RELEASE OF HEALTH WORKERS’ BENEFITS – GORDON

Senator Dick Gordon, who initiated the investigation, motu proprio, on the delayed provision of healthcare workers’ benefits, said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to process and release their paybacks in ten days is a significant development to the ongoing probe of the […]

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UPDATE INFO ON NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES –CHED

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Health (DOH) will equip the country’s future health workforce with up-to-date information on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by integrating it in the curricula of Philippine colleges and universities. NTDs will be included in the curricula of Medicine, Nursing, Medical Technology, Midwifery, and Physical Therapy courses. […]