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Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17
Universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is an essential human right, recognised in the Sustainable Development Goals as crucial for preventing disease and improving human wellbeing. Comprehensive, high-resolution estimates are important to inform progress towards achieving this goal. We aimed to produce high-resolution geospatial estimates of access to drinking water and sanitation facilities.
By Arianna Maever L Amit
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Health Systems
The global distribution of lymphatic filariasis, 2000–18: a geospatial analysis
This study aims to produce the first geospatial estimates of the global prevalence of lymphatic filariasis infection over time, to quantify progress towards elimination, and to identify geographical variation in distribution of infection.
By Arianna Maever L Amit
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Health Systems
The importance of effective risk communication and transparency: lessons from the dengue vaccine controversy in the Philippines
In 2016, the Philippine Department of Health introduced a novel dengue vaccine in a mass immunization program to reduce the substantial economic and social burden of the disease on households and the government.
By Manuel M. Dayrit
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Health Systems
Reaching the Promise of UHC: Healthcare Without Fear
The Philippines has increased population coverage for social health insurance (PhilHealth) to an unprecented high of 88% over the last 5 years.
By Manuel M. Dayrit
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Health Systems
Nasa dugo (‘It’s in the blood’): lay conceptions of hypertension in the Philippines
This article aims to determine what adult patients with hypertension in the Philippines attribute their condition to, how these views might be explained and what the implications are for hypertension management.
By Gideon Lasco, Jhaki Mendoza, Alicia Renedo, Maureen L Seguin, Benjamin Palafox, Lia M Palileo-Villanueva, Arianna Maever L Amit, Antonio L Dans, Dina Balabanova, Martin McKee
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Health Systems
One Piece of the Puzzle to Solve the Human Resources for Health Crisis
This special theme issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization focuses on retention of health workers in rural and remote areas.
By Manuel M. Dayrit
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Health Systems
WHO Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel
The numbers of migrating health workers have increased significantly over the past few decades and patterns of global migration have become more complex.
By Manuel M. Dayrit
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Special Topics
Emerging Patterns of HIV Infection and Control in the Philippines
A total of 50 carriers of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 46 of them female prostitutes, have been detected through seroprevalence surveys by the Department of Health, Manila.
By Manuel M. Dayrit
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Special Topics
An ethnographic reading of the challenges in delivering primary health care in a rural, remote province of the Philippines
Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) play a key role in ensuring effective healthcare in rural parts of the Philippines. This study aimed to gain insights into the experiences and perceptions of PCPs delivering primary health care in remote, rural communities.
By Sophia C. Caranay-Narag
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Health Systems
Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Collaborators
Mapping geographic inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries
By Veincent Christian F. Pepito