May 22, 2013     Manila, Philippines
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Health

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

Planned privatization of Orthopedic Center to paralyze services to poor

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL “The transformation of the service orientation of public hospitals into a profit-driven venture and the shift of health care from the state to private entities is...

Saturday, January 5th, 2013

Health for sale

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL and BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com MANILA –When the Aquino administration took over the reins of government, the public health system was festering and the poor’s access to essential health services has been getting...

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Opposition vs. privatizing public health care snowballs

By CONG B. CORRALES Bulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Opposition to a proposed law, aimed at turning public hospitals into government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) has snowballed, here. This, despite its proponents’ claim that the bill...

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

What women need to know about breast cancer

Read also: Women’s group raises funds for cancer victims among development workers By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Facts about breast cancer can be worrisome. In the Philippines, 26 females out of 100 and one...

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

Gov’t health workers, patients hold coordinated protest action vs. privatization

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Where will the poor go once...

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

Privatization of government hospitals, further marginalizing the poor in the name of profit

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL The costs of health services in earlier corporatized...

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

Attacking progressive unions in government hospitals to pave the way for privatization

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Progressive unions are the Filipino people’s last line of defense against the privatization of government hospitals. The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), an alliance of unions in government hospitals,...

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

Laying the foundations for the privatization of government hospitals

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The privatization of public hospitals has been going on since the regime of the late president Ferdinand Marcos. The different administrations had different names for it: public-private partnerships, corporatization,...

Friday, August 17th, 2012

Leptospirosis, common yet deadly disease during rainy season

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL People who have open wounds or lesions and...

Friday, August 10th, 2012

Non-Catholic groups recognize value of RH bill to maternal health

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Not all religious leaders are against the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill. A leader of the Protestant Church in Davao City has said that the RH Bill is not...

Monday, July 23rd, 2012

Women’s group decries Aquino’s ‘soured promises’

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO “For several months now, local movements all over...

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