Around 200,000 teens aged 15 to 19 and 2,000 children aged 10 to 14 get pregnant every year. This was reported recently by Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Executive Director Dr. Juan Antonio Perez III, MD, MPH during the policy agenda workshop on population, health and environment last October 21, 2019 at the Sequoia…
Intellicare (Asalus Corporation) continues its long-time partnership with Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) to work together in uplifting lives through projects in health and environment. As part of the partnership, Intellicare and PBSP will implement 25 Safe Motherhood Caravans, four batches of Trainers’ training on safe motherhood, the reforestation of three hectares in the…
Intellicare, one of the country’s leading health management organizations (HMOs), underscores the value of mothers and women of reproductive age through its continuing efforts to look after their welfare. One of these is the conduct of Safe Motherhood Caravans across the country. Intellicare Chairman and President Mario Silos, together with Intellicare Assistant Vice President for…
PBSP and Psychological Association of the Philippines conduct psychosocial support The province of Surigao has been an idyllic paradise for both locals and tourists due to its myriad of attractions that include powdery white-sand beaches, captivating waterfalls, enchanting rivers, fascinating caves, and its world-famous “Cloud 9” waves in the surfing capital of Siargao. But…
Modern-day living requires a lot to ensure that families live conveniently. In their desire to provide the needs as well as the wants of the household, employees work double effort to the point that most of them no longer give enough attention on their health.
Publication details Number of pages: 620 Publication date: 2016 Languages: English ISBN: 978 92 4 165531 6 Overview The monographs in this volume summarize the safety data on 10 pesticides that could leave residues in food commodities. These pesticides are abamectin, acetochlor, cyazofamid, ethephon, flonicamid, flumioxazin, flupyradifurone, lufenuron, penconazole and quinclorac. Download: Pesticide residues in…
In an unprecedented step, a local government and a private bus company signed an accord to help end tuberculosis (TB), the 8th leading cause of death in the country, killing 27 persons every day, and affecting an estimated 410,000 Filipinos mostly in the economically productive age group. In a memorandum of agreement signed August 30,…
Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), principal recipient of the TB component of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (TGFATM), invites all Filipinos of any age and residing anywhere in the Philippines to join the TB ay Tuldukan Photography Contest 2016. The contest which will run until February 29, 2016, shall have…
Joan, 35, of Caloocan City had been coughing for more than a month and had lost appetite over the days – but she just dismissed it as regular cough and blamed it on stress from street vending. Until she coughed blood. She consulted with a doctor in the health center and found out she had…
