What are some current health issues?
What are some current health issues?
Top 10 Public Health Challenges
- Alcohol-related harms.
- Food safety.
- Healthcare-associated infections.
- Heart disease and stroke.
- HIV.
- Motor vehicle injuries.
- Nutrition, physical activity and obesity.
- Prescription drug overdose.
What are the common barriers to health promotion in the Philippines?
Linguistic and educational disparities. Limited affordable, reliable, or public transportation options. Unpredictable work hours or unemployment. Lower population densities for program economies of scale coverage.
What are the top 10 causes of morbidity and mortality in the Philippines 2020?
Rate
- Diseases of the Heart. 77,402. 90.8. 92,133.
- Diseases of the Vascular System. 54,207. 63.7. 60,831.
- Malignant Neoplasms. 41,792. 49.1. 46,262.
- Pneumonia. 34,226. 40.2. 39,707.
- Accidents** 34,393. 40.5. 35,522.
- Tuberculosis, all forms. 25,817. 30.4.
- Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 18,089. 21.2.
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases. 20,239. 23.8.
What are the challenges of healthcare in the Philippines?
The Filipino healthcare system has long been problematic and challenged, and access to it for the poor has been mission impossible for years. Labor migration and poor distribution is one of the long-running issues hounding the healthcare system in the country, greatly affecting the Government’s response to the current pandemic.
Is there a global mental health crisis in the Philippines?
And the global mental health crisis accompanying the economic crisis has found fertile ground here too. Before the pandemic, mental health illness was already the third most common disability. An estimated 6 million Filipinos live with depression and/or anxiety — a number that is likely much higher as the multifronted crisis persists.
How bad is the economic crisis in the Philippines?
It had one of the strictest and longest lockdowns globally, causing the economy to shrink 9.5% in 2020 — the worst decline in Asia. An estimated 4.5 million Filipinos are set to slide back into poverty. And the global mental health crisis accompanying the economic crisis has found fertile ground here too.
Are doctors in the Philippines overburdened and underpaid?
“The Philippines is the top exporter of doctors and nurses in the world,” said Dr. Anthony Leachon, an independent health reform advocate. “And those who are left here to work are overburdened, overworked, but they are underpaid.
