The socioeconomic value of adult immunization
By Teodoro B. Padilla
In our previous columns, we highlighted life-course immunization as a cost-effective way to improve health, support health system sustainability, and promote economic prosperity. At...
Injecting hope
By Teodoro B. Padilla
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on healthcare services, particularly immunization programs. Recently, the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund...
Primary healthcare: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Together, Primary Health Care (PHC) and resilient health systems form the cornerstone of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). They are what enable UHC to be...
China says no unusual pathogens found after WHO queries respiratory outbreaks
Chinese health authorities have not detected any unusual or novel pathogens and provided the requested data on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, the World Health...
WHO asks China for details on respiratory illness outbreaks
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday officially requested that China provide detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children.
Chinese authorities...
Fight the fakes
By Teodoro B. Padilla
An estimated one in 10 medical products in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is substandard or falsified, a fact that must be revisited as...
Lung cancer: What you need to know
By Teodoro B. Padilla
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer in the Philippines after breast cancer, according to...
EU proposal may accelerate pharma innovation decline, industry group says
BRUSSELS - A major pharmaceutical rules overhaul, proposed by the European Commission in April, could see Europe's share in global research and development contract by a third...
Improving psoriasis
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Around 2 million Filipinos are living with psoriasis, according to patient advocacy group Psoriasis Philippines (PsorPhil). Psoriasis is a chronic, non-communicable, painful, disfiguring, and...
Bayer ordered to pay $332 mln in Roundup cancer trial
A California jury on Tuesday found Bayer liable in a case brought by a man who claimed his cancer was due to exposure to the...
Catching breast cancer early
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Women can take steps to lower their risk of breast cancer, the most common cancer in women in the Philippines. A discussion of these...
Japan’s top court set to rule on sterilization requirement for gender change
TOKYO - Japan's top court is set to rule on Wednesday on the validity of a legal clause that requires people who want to legally change their gender to undergo sterilization surgery.
Several international bodies including the European Court of...