PR4RH Calls for the Upholding of Women's Rights and the RPRH Law

Quezon City, Philippines - The Purple Ribbon for Reproductive Health Movement (PR4RH) held a press conference earlier today, 13 January condemning Congress' Bicameral Conference Committee's (BiCam) P1B budget cut for the procurement of contraceptives of the Department of Health's Family Health and Responsible Parenthood Office.

National HIV Testing Week and Formal Launch of the 2015 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial

Manila - At 11'o clock AM today, May 6, the Department of Health will formally launch the National HIV Testing Week and the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2015 at the Press Conference Room, DOH Compound, Tayuman, Manila.

PRC Released November 2014 PNLE Results

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released today, 23 January 2015, after thirty-two (32) working days the list of successful examinees of the November 2014 Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) given by the Board of Nursing. 

Out of the 26,690 examinees, 15,292 passed the examination given last November 29-30 in the cities of Manila, Bacolod, Baguio, Cabanatuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, Laoag, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga.

A Look Back in 2014

Howdy, Randomers?

It has been indeed quite a while when I last posted random nothings here. And I bet you might be wondering where the heck have I been (read, pretty please).

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So, just like last year, when I started this blog, I made a post looking back on 2013 that was. If you have been to the moon and would like to know more about it, you may check this one.

Now, before that clock hits midnight and the year changes, here's a monthly run-down of highlights that made this year worthwhile.

[PRESS RELEASE] Save the Children Calls on Stakeholders: MDG 4 Target

Disasters and inequality could stop the Philippines hitting child mortality MDG target, Save the Children says. 

MANILA, Philippines – Today marks 500 days until the Millennium Development Goals reach their conclusion and the Philippines looks set to miss the target for reducing preventable child deaths.

The 2015 MDG 4 target for Philippines is 20 deaths per 1,000 live births. Whilst there has been some improvement from the 60 deaths per 1000 in 1990, there has been little progress in cutting down neonatal mortality (deaths in the first month of life), which makes up almost half of all under-5 deaths.

Save the Children’s global study on newborn deaths released earlier this year reveals that Philippines is one of the top 10 countries in the world with the greatest gap in equality for newborn deaths between poorest and wealthiest, and between rural and urban households.  Babies born to the poorest and hardest to reach groups are most at risk of dying within few days after birth.