BACKGROUND Rabies is a fatal disease, claiming the lives of around 59,000 people annually worldwide. It is considered a neglected and underreported disease leading to inadequate support from governments. Apart from dog vaccination and proper animal bite management, an integral part of a successful rabies control program is community education. The Philippine government conducts an extensive nat...

Bovine leukocyte antigens (BoLA) are extensively used as markers for bovine disease and immunological traits. However, none of the BoLA genes in Southeast Asian breeds have been characterized by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-sequence-based typing (SBT). Therefore, we sequenced exon 2 of the BoLA class II DRB3 gene from 1120 individual cows belonging to the Holstein, Sahiwal, Simbrah, Jersey, ...

Objective. The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions and satisfaction graduates trainees fellowship programs Philippine General Hospital - Department Ophthalmology Visual Sciences (PGH DOVS).Methods. A uniform survey conducted among all ongoing External Disease Cornea, Medical Surgical Vitreo-Retina, Glaucoma, Orbit Oculoplastics, Pediatric Strabismus programs. link emailed part...

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the OneHealth Tool (OHT) to help low and middle income countries to develop their capacities for sector-wide priority setting. In 2016, we sought to use the OHT to aid the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC), the national health insurer of the Philippines, in decisions to expand benefit packages using cost-effectiveness analyses. With tech...

To determine if there is a gender difference in the resource consumption activities of students in Central Mindanao University, a Philippine state university, an ecological foot printing study was conducted in August 2014. Consumption data from 380 student respondents were gathered using a survey questionnaire. A web-based software created by the Global Footprint Network was used to convert the...

The Philippine Social Protection Note series aims to disseminate experiences, good practices, and key findings from the Philippines on the topics related to social protection. It also aims to broaden the dialogue on social protection and stimulate public engagement in moving forward the policy agenda. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the ...

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office is mandated to promote the health and well-being of Filipinos. This study determined challenges encountered by beneficiaries Medical Assistance Program (MAP) PCSO in terms expectation performance. Likewise, it looked into level MAP implementation product, environment, delivery, if differences exist as perceived respondents when grouped according profile...