CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.

By region, Central Visayas (Region VII) recorded the highest quantity of traded commodities with 3.69 million tons or 22.8 percent share to the total in 2020... Domestic

Featured in this issue is the 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) result which reveals the level of sanitation, accessibility of hand washing facility, and adequacy

Featured in this issue is the fisheries situation in the Philippines covering the period of July to September 2020. It presents the total volume of fisheries production and its

Residential accounted for 20.0 million square meters or almost half (48.1%) of the total floor area of constructions in 2019, which dropped at an annual rate

It presents the estimated employment, unemployment, and labor force participation rate of the population 15 years and over covering the period of April to June

Agricultural export of edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit melons commodity group accounts for the largest share to total agricultural export The total

By region, Northern Mindanao posted the highest inflow value of PhP 36.38 billion or 29.0 percent share to total inflow value of domestic trade in the first quarter of 2020.. Page 5

The annual volume of commercial fisheries production was registered at 940.00 thousand metric tons, lower by 0.7 percent than the 946.44 thousand metric tons output in

The October 2019 Labor Force Participation Rate of youth (15-24 years old) in the country was estimated at 37.0 percent given the total youth population of 19.9 million.. In

An ETF company issues its shares in blocks called “Creation Units” in exchange for a basket of securities comprising the index it wishes to track. Creation is normally done

The 2017 Total Health Expenditures (THE) comprised of 96.1 percent Current Health Expenditures (CHE) and 3.9 percent Health Capital Formation Expenditures (HK) in government

Household spent the highest health expenditures in 2016 Household-out-of pocket payment (OOP) posted Php 342 billion or 54.2 percent of CHE in 2016, followed by government

This study focuses on assessing the attitudes of HCPs to- wards patients affected with leprosy as a contribution in the public health program or patient care by

Without adequate health care, whether it be acute care or long-term care, we cannot function as fully cooperating members of a just society and hence, health- related needs are

Differences as to: the cost of living versus sources of income can be tracked, available support groups, access to health care, scope of government subsidized health care,

Keywords Health care · Clinical ethics · Bioethics · Ethical principles Health professionals · Patients · Social sciences · Professional education The audience for

In the case of systems and services, the interoperability framework consisted of four profiles (see Fig. 11.4): identification (in order to guarantee a single sign-on from the

The programme was implemented in phases and key actions included strengthening local management skills, developing outreach initiatives, integrating primary

WHO is committed to working closely with its partners to promote people- centred health care and providing practical guidance to Member States to ensure that

Since Primary Health Care is an integral part both of the country's health system and of overall economic and social development, without which it is bound to fail, it has to

The provisions of the Universal Health Care Act (Chapter II Section 7) classify the entitlements and stipulate the financing roles of the Department of Health, the Local

Veterinary Surgeons Act be reviewed to accommodate “semi professionals and other cadres of veterinary Practitioners” (Hubl et al., 1998). This move would lead to the improvement of

The Declaration of Alma Ata from the International Conference on Primary Health Care (PHC) held in 1978 presented a very radical approach to health in consonance with the