Tag: Healthcare
Fears that India’s health system will buckle under pandemic strain
‘Hospitals aren’t equipped enough to cater to the basic ailments of the people in normal times’
Philippine church groups offer online medical, spiritual consultation
People need someone to talk to — online or over-the-phone conversations can help boost spirits
Rights group warns of coronavirus ‘tinderbox’ in Myanmar displacement camps
Years of 'conflict, abuse, and neglect' leave most vulnerable in peril
Cardinal Zen blasts WHO for ‘pathetically shying away’ from Taiwan’s coronavirus...
Former bishop of Hong Kong questions whether WHO can be trusted
Philippines gets act together, races to open quarantine centers
Officials hope the new quarantine facilities and dormitories, and expanded testing capacity, will help defuse social tensions
Philippine bishops call for day of prayer for front-line workers
Church leaders urge dioceses and parishes to assist health workers by providing facilities for them to go home to, some place for rest and sleep, and meals
In the Philippines, sick lawmakers skirt quarantine as cops threaten to...
Lockdown further underlines massive divide between rich and poor
Philippine churches back calls for mass testing of COVID-19
Church leaders call for priority testing of vulnerable sectors, especially those living in poor communities
Filipino community workers cope to support women amid pandemic
Aside from maternal and family planning, the clinics also provide reproductive health services for adolescents and counseling for victims of violence against women
Philippine health system buckles amid surge in coronavirus infections
Volunteers are turning plastic drink containers into stop-gap masks as the standard N-95 is in short supply