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                    [Title] => SEATCA cites DOF, DOH for sin tax achievements
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A multi-sectoral alliance group has awarded the Philippine government for its landmark achievement in tobacco control, particularly the passage and ongoing implementation of the Philippine Sin Tax Reform Law.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20140609/SEATCA-awardees.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 683152 [Title] => ASEAN, WHO gear up for region-wide dengue action [Summary] =>

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have joined forces to assist Asia Pacific countries in identifying priority actions for dengue prevention and control, a statement released by the ASEAN Secretariat said here on Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-06 23:00:21 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 577335 [Title] => RP nears MDG target of eliminating malaria [Summary] =>

The number of Filipinos dying from malaria has decreased by almost half in the last two years, according to the data released by the Department of Health (DOH) last Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => The Good News [SectionUrl] => the-good-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 572051 [Title] => Expanding medical cooperation through professional participation [Summary] =>

Following years of effort, Taiwan was finally seated as an observer to the World Health Assembly in 2009 and has been invited to attend again this year.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1794261 [AuthorName] => Yaung Chih-Liang, Minister of Health Republic of China (Taiwan) [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 429777 [Title] => International experts probe into reported RP pig virus [Summary] =>

MANILA (Xinhua) -- A team of international experts is investigating the Ebola Reston virus found in pigs at two farms in the northern Philippines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-08 14:40:30 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175428 [Title] => Metro Manila air pollution exceeds tolerable level [Summary] => A recent study conducted by the Department of Health in co-operation with the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific Regional Office show that the air people breathe in Metro Manila contains pollutants in excess of tolerable levels. The worst victims are the children.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 162429 [Title] => Managing the regional problem on tuberculosis [Summary] => Edgar Allan Poe. Frederick Chopin. Eleanor Roosevelt. Marcelo H. del Pilar. Manuel L. Quezon.

What do these famous personalities have in common? All died of tuberculosis. Although tuberculosis (TB) has been widely regarded as a "poor man’s disease," history has shown that TB knows no cultural, financial or international boundaries.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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