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                    [ArticleID] => 2133622
                    [Title] => Southeast Asian health community calls for strong, urgent action ahead of COP26
                    [Summary] => RISE South-East Asia Alliance for Health and Climate urged the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to transform their healthcare sector to become climate-resilient, sustainable and pandemic-prepared.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-10-12 15:30:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805246
                    [AuthorName] => Gaea Katreena Cabico
                    [SectionName] => Climate and Environment
                    [SectionUrl] => climate-and-environment
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/10/12/health-workers-manila_2021-10-12_15-20-51328_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 752624
                    [Title] => Marinduque gears up for mercury-free health care
                    [Summary] => 

In a continuous bid to make the Philippines 100-percent mercury-free, Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA) recently turned over non-mercurial thermometers to the province of Marinduque, which sits at the heart of the country.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 664072 [Title] => Local artists unite for mercury phaseout [Summary] =>

Local celebrities came together in a campaign against mercury-containing thermometers and sphygmomanometers in the market.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 628290 [Title] => Half of Mindanao hospitals not yet mercury-free [Summary] =>

Half of the health care facilities in Mindanao have not complied with the order of the Department of Health (DOH) to phase out mercury-based medical equipment by September this year, the Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 623838 [Title] => Envi-health group demands fair share of budget [Summary] =>

Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia(HCWH-SEA) recently asked members of the House of Representatives (HOR) Committee on Appropriations to push the Department of Health to report on the still unreleased 2008 and 2009 envi-health budget.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 601682 [Title] => Group raises alarm over plan to revive incinerators [Summary] =>

Calling it "revival of the unfittest," an environmental health group, Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA), has raised alarm over the proposal to revive the use of incinerators by the Department of Health.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 560198 [Title] => 'Water biggest victim of improper waste management' [Summary] =>

Hospitals and other health care services greatly endanger the country’s diminishing water supply because of improper disposal of infectious waste and toxic chemicals in canals and other bodies of water.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 452506 [Title] => Hospitals eye release of autoclave funds [Summary] =>

Hospitals all over the country together with Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA) sent a letter to Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III urging him to find ways to see the release of the P100-million budget for autoclaves for the treatment of infectious medical waste.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 439579 [Title] => NGO asks DENR to identify mercury storage facilities [Summary] =>

The Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA) yesterday asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to come up with storage facilities for mercury-based devices being phased out in Philippine hospitals.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 438112 [Title] => Civic groups sign statement to protect consumers versus toxic chemicals [Summary] =>

More than 60 civic organizations have signed the Citizens’ Statement for Consumer Protection against Toxic Chemicals in a bid to change the way toxic chemicals are produced and used.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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