As he takes on a new role in public health leadership, the University of the Philippines congratulates its alumnus, Dr. Edwin Mercado, on his appointment as the new secretary of the Department of Health. With extensive experience in health care operations, health financing, and universal health care, Mercado brings a wealth of knowledge […]
The University of the Philippines congratulates Dr. Jose Brittanio “Brix” Pujalte Jr. — orthopedic surgeon, educator, and public servant — for his appointment as secretary of the Department of Health. An alumnus of the UP Diliman College of Arts and Letters and the UP Manila College of Medicine, where he then became a faculty […]
With the Philippines a hotspot for disasters and the worsening effects of climate change, how can the country’s health sector protect its facilities and frontline workers, especially during a global pandemic? Find out in this week’s episode of UP’s “Stop C.O.V.I.D. Deaths” webinar series, Friday, July 29, 12:00 noon.
COVID-19 cases are rising in the different provinces outside of the NCR+ bubble. An upcoming UP webinar will take a look at the situation on the ground and how provincial hospitals are handling the outbreak. Watch the webinar on Friday, September 17, 12:00 noon.
Vaccinations effectively reduce the risk and severity of contracting COVID-19, but there have been cases of breakthrough infections. The UP “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar will get to the truth of breakthrough infections. Watch this Friday, Aug. 27, at 12:00 noon.
UP continues to play an important role in the fight against COVID-19 by conducting and providing a venue for the clinical trial of a rich Philippine resource as adjunctive therapy for hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Got questions about the COVID-19 vaccines? The latest edition of the UP webinar series “Stop COVID Deaths” will answer these questions. Join the webinar on May 14, 2021, at 12 noon.
One year after the launch of the UP “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar series, medical experts share what a year of battling a global pandemic has been like for them in “COVID-19 Frontliners: Kamusta na Kayo?”, to be held on Friday, 23 April, at 12:00 noon.
As the pandemic rages on, more and more information about COVID-19 continues to circulate. Get help sorting between truth and fake news from the experts in a webinar on “Facts and Fiction on COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment” on 16 April, 12:00 noon.
With the country preparing to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines, people are asking: When can we expect to be vaccinated? The latest UP Stop COVID Deaths webinar, to be held on Friday, March 19 at 12:00 noon, will offer answers to these questions.