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10th National Rare Disease Week to focus on “Bridging Health and Social Care”
On February 22-28, the Philippines will be celebrating the 10th National Rare Disease Week. Together with the rest of the world, the country will also observe World Rare Disease Day on February 28 with...
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#YouthForHealth: Why talk about RARE?
Photo: Care For Rare DumagueteWe’ve seen it in posters in maternity clinics and hospitals. Our government has been actively campaigning to detect some of it through expanded newborn screening, but some...
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IHG, VYLH and PPS hold first local webinar on Birth Defects
MANILA – The Institute of Human Genetics (IHG), National Institutes of Health – UP Manila, Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH) – Philippines, and the Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) – Section...
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TeamMATES partners with VYLH on Folic Acid Supplementation talk
A series of educational discussions were conducted at Barangay San Enrique, San Lorenzo, Guimaras at the barangay session hall last April 25.In line with their Project TAMA, TeamMATE members Melvie...
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#folicacidPH 2019 to highlight the role of Folic acid in healthy and planned...
On July 18, 2019, Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health-Philippines together with 70 partner organizations will unite for #folicacidPH and use its youth force in promoting the importance of folic acid...
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Ten for Ten: 10 Things I Learned from VYLH
By Kristofer Ralph Supil (Hiraya)VYLH recently turned 10 this year. I have been with the network for four years now, but weirdly, it feels like I’ve been with them since 2009. It’s really amazing how I...
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Duque urges newborn screening implementers to intensify info campaign on...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III on Tuesday called on the participants of the 17th Annual Newborn Screening Convention at the Philippine International Convention Center to more...
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Emerging Screening Initiatives: Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) and...
CCHD Screening for Filipino NeonatesThe Philippine Multicenter Pulse Oximetry Screening (POS) for Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) was part of this year’s National Newborn Screening Convention....
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4th National Leadership Congress: VYLH-Philippines Launches Its 4th Advocacy
On its 4th National Leadership Congress, the Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH) Philippines fittingly highlighted the launching of its 4th advocacy. Joining Expanded Newborn Screening (eNBS),...
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7th Newborn Screening Center Opens in Mandaue City
DOH’s Eversley Childs Sanitarium and General Hospital (ECSGH) in Jagobiao, Mandaue City, Cebu, hosts the country’s 7th Newborn Screening Center (NSC), which started its operations on February 10,...
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Rare Acts, Rewarding Experiences: VYLH-Philippines Dumaguete spearheads Rare...
DUMAGUETE CITY - For more than ten years, our Dumagueteño volunteers have been active members of the VYLH-Philippines. A University town, and the City of Gentle People, Dumaguete has been the home of...
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ICBD 2020 calls to Accelerate Efforts for Birth Defects Prevention and Care...
The 9th International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in the Developing World (ICBD) was held at theCinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo Sri Lanka from February 23-26, 2020 (Photo...
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Rare Disease Week 2020 to highlight what it means to be “rare” – Many,...
Rare diseases refer to life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases which are of such low prevalence that require special combined efforts are needed to address them. In the Philippines, the...
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Para Sa Mga Frontliner - Isang Tulang Papugay
PARA SA MGA FRONTLINERTulang Papugaykatha ni Junaif AmpatuaKulang ang salitang "salamat"bilang papugay sa lahat ng inyong hirap.Itong sakunang nangyari'y di inaasahanngunit sa inyo kami ngayon ay...
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“Kalusugan ay Karapatan” COVID-19 series goes online
MANILA - "Kalusugan ay Karapatan"(Health is a Right), an online program produced and broadcasted by TVUP, is currently airing a series on COVID-19. The online program hosted by VYLH-Philippines...
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Dr. Salvacion R. Gatchalian Memorial Webinar inaugural lecture focuses on...
The Dr. Salvacion R. Gatchalian Memorial Webinar Series was launched last July 14, 2020 with no less than UP Manila Chancellor Carmencita Padilla as the inaugural webinar speaker on the topic:...
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PH Hosts 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics
The Philippines, through the University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila), successfully hosted this year’s Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics (APCHG) at the Makati Shangri-la Manila on...
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#YouthForHealth: VYLs speak on COVID19 and the Youth
MANILA – With almost six months of quarantine restrictions in the country, the Philippines continues its fight against the pandemic caused by a novel virus described in December 2019. SARS-COV2, then...
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LAB1NG 1SA: VYLH-Philippines celebrates its 11th Founding Anniversary
"BANYUHAY: VYLH-Philippines' Metamorphosis to the New Normal." Around this theme, the Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health-Philippines (VYLH-Philippines) celebrated its 11th Founding Anniversary amidst...
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#FolicacidPH 2020 focuses on folic acid and the health of our future generation
PAMPANGA - Once again, the Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH)-Philippines, together with more than 40 organizations who accepted the challenge to become partners in the campaign, utilized its...
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#HaLINCkana unites youth advocates for preconception health awareness
MANILA - Last August 29, Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH) – Philippines together with the Institute of Human Genetics, NIH-UP Manila, March of Dimes, Department of Health (DOH) and the...
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Navigating the path towards a successful ENBS amidst challenges
"The pandemic has disrupted our usual protocols and systems, but the poorest and most vulnerable feel the inequalities more so than others. These are mothers who have no access to quality healthcare;...
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Resilience in the time of pandemic: The experiences of NBS implementers
Newborn screening is an essential preventive public health program for the early detection of congenital disorders in newborns that may lead to mental retardation or even death if left untreated. It is...
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Government and Academe Focus on Rare Diseases
In observance of the 12th National Rare Disease Week, the Institute of Human Genetics together with the Philippine Society of Orphan Disorders and the Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health – Philippines...
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UP Manila joins worldwide initiatives for birth defects and rare diseases
MANILA - In celebration of the 5th World Birth Defects Day, the March of Dimes (MOD) together with World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC)...
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