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Empowering Community Health Workers in the Philippines

Knowledge Hub Insights and information on emerging issues in public health and how our solutions can help health authorities and facility administrators Empowering Community Health Workers in the Philippines How digital health solutions can close gaps in public health care especially in remote and geographically disadvantaged areas Across Philippine villages – especially in the rural …

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Telehealth is here to stay

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, both public and private health facilities around the country implemented some form of telehealth service to provide health diagnosis and advise to patients who were restricted from traveling. Mostly in the form of mobile online video conferencing, SMS, chat, or traditional phone/mobile call services, teleconsult became the “new normal” especially for senior citizens and differently-abled persons.

Minding the risks faced by informal waste collectors

Largely undocumented and unregulated, informal waste pickers in the Philippines who sort through open air dumpsites or travel around collecting waste from garbage bins or from the streets face intensified risks during periods of public health emergencies such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Coming mostly from the poorest segments of the population, informal waste collectors trade their salvaged trash for daily subsistence while simultaneously augmenting the sourcing capacity and networks of the country’s still undeveloped recycling industry.