MANILA, Aug. 10 -- The Philippines needs to invest more in quality education and health services in order to benefit from its demographics deemed an important factor driving the economy.
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The World Health Organization and the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) recommend that mothers breastfeed within the first hour after giving birth and continue until their children reach age 2, with supplemental...
MANILA, July 21 -- Some 1.5 million Filipinos will be protected from developing illnesses linked to smoking in the next five years with the trio of tobacco control policies now in...
MANILA, July 19 -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday marked its third year of nationwide drive to eliminate soil transmitted helminths (STH) or intestinal worms in children.
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