Civil society groups urged the Department of Health and Intellectual Property Office to commence the implementation of Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008, two months after the law’s Implementing Rules and Regulations are approved.
Consumer group Cut the Cost, Cut the Pain Network (3CPNet) called on the Department of Health to inform the public about the measures being …

HEALTH | BUSINESS  By Carlos H. Conde |  What convinced me that aspartame is not safe are not just the studies that have found its link to cancer but also the efforts of Donald Rumsfield and the biotech giant Monsanto in ramming this product down our throats.

Times are getting harder and life has become more difficult. Too many indicators point to the fact that life is not getting better for Filipino families. In fact, the number of people going hungry has risen that the Philippines is now among the list of countries with the highest incidence of hunger.
A global hunger survey, “Voice of the People” conducted …

SEATCA is calling on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Health Ministers who will be meeting this week to pressure their governments into adopting policies that will make it more difficult for people—adults and minors—to buy cigarettes.

The recent conflict between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and government forces threatened communities in southern Philippines, including the predominantly Muslim provinces in Mindanao. This resulted in 511,090 persons being displaced during the height of the conflict.

AKBAYAN Rep. Risa Hontiveros called for the use of ‘women power’ to counter the efforts by anti-RH legislators to stall plenary debates on the controversial bill by questioning the quorum, urging all fifty-two female members of the House of Representatives to be always present and active during session hours.
She said that the 14th Congress is historical because this term has …

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Loren Legarda yesterday called on the public and the private sectors to join hands to ensure the safety of the citizenry from the health risk posed by the banned milk and milk products from China.
The Chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs also expressed alarm over the considerable effects of the banning of the contaminated …

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) expressed its support of the government following the ban on imported China milk products imposed by the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD).

The youth’s response made to the Court of Appeals is one of many actions taking place in more than 25 countries around the world this week that challenges interference by tobacco giants in implementation of the global tobacco treaty, formally known as the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).