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2015: A VYLH-Philippines Throwback
Aside from the year-long advocacy activities conducted by volunteer youth leaders (VYLs) across the country, VYLH-Philippines took great strides in terms of volunteer recruitment, social involvement...
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VYLH CARAGA holds 2nd Regional Camp, welcomes Batch Hiraya
Written by Shane Paul BaulaAs part of its expansion, the Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH) Philippines–CARAGA Region, in cooperation with Department of Health (DOH)–CARAGA Regional Office...
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DOH, VYLH Central Luzon boost IEC Campaign for NBS
In celebration of National Newborn Screening (NBS) Week, the Department of Health–Regional Office 3, in collaboration with the Newborn Screening Center–Central Luzon, held the Second Annual Volunteer...
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PHL gathers partners for WorldBDday
Repost from WorldBDday-PHLMANILA - Under the auspices of UP Manila Chancellor Dr. Carmencita Padilla, the three lead organizations constituting the World Birth Defects Day (WorldBDday) PHL Secretariat...
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WorldBDday-PHL calls for Collective Action and Better Care for Birth Defects
MEDIA RELEASEHealth Promotion UpdateEvery year nearly 8 million babies around the world—6 percent of all births (1 in 33 babies)—are born with a serious birth defect. It is also estimated that around...
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In Focus: Newborn Screening Continuity Clinics
Newborn Screening Continuity Clinics (NSCCs) provide long-term follow-up management of patients confirmed with heritable disorders.Fourteen (14) NSCCs were established throughout the country before...
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Advancing the SDGs in the context of VYLH-Philippines Advocacies
With the recent end of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the global community has moved towards the adoption of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are set to be completed from...
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Get to know the 10 key provisions of the Rare Diseases Act of the...
The Rare Disease Bill was first filed in 2009 and it took three Congresses (14th, 15th and 16th) spanning almost seven years before it was enacted.On its third and final reading, lawmakers unanimously...
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VYLH-Philippines welcomes Batch Kabilin
Written by Lera Almendral (I3)Batch Kabilin (Western Visayas) together with the facilitators and invited guests.The Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health-Philippines welcomed Batch Kabilin, the newest...
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Generating a New Wave of Youth Leaders
Written by Tricia Carmona (Kabilin)Welcoming Batch Kabilin. VYLH-Philippines held its first camp in Western Visayas last April 9-10, 2016 with youth participants from Negros Occidental and Panay Island...
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GeneSoc spearheads three-day Community Youth Training Program in Nampicuan,...
K4 Health Community Youth Training Program completers.Photo: The UPLB Genetics SocietyCompiled by Ryan Pascual (Pioneer)Standing firm on its commitment to promoting health-related advocacies, The UPLB...
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NAST PHL holds Science Legislative Forum on Folic acid
Resource persons, speakers and guests of the SLF on Folic Acid. (Photo: NAST-PHL @NASTPHL)MANILA, Philippines – The National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines (NAST-PHL) held a Science...
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VYLH-Philippines to launch #FolicAcidPH, the first National Social Media Day...
MEDIA RELEASEThis July 18, Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH) – Philippines, a national collaboration of youth leaders of youth organizations in universities and communities in the Philippines,...
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Filling the Gaps on Folic Acid Insufficiency: Legislation, Implementation,...
PRESS RELEASENAST-DOST*The National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL) gathered stakeholders from the health and nutrition sector, representatives from the legislative body and...
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Pangasinan Students get acquainted with NBS
Public and private colleges and universities in Pangasinan participated in the orientation and seminar on newborn screening (NBS) conducted by the Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH)-Philippines...
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UPM Chancellor Padilla to receive Global Genes Rare Champion of Hope award
Global Genes, one of the leading rare disease patient advocacy organizations in the world has selected Dr. Carmencita Padilla as one of the 2016 Rare Champions of Hope. Dr. Padilla will receive a “Rare...
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LGU, DOH Region III gear up Nampicuan youth for community health promotion
NAMPICUAN, NUEVA ECIJA – The Local Government Unit (LGU) of the Municipality of Nampicuan through its Municipal Health Officer (MHO), Dr. Ron Allan Quimado in cooperation with The UPLB Genetics Society...
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ASCLEPIAN SUMMER: Youth Empowerment and Health Promotion
by John Romeo Dominick Diño (Kabilin)In the spirit of leadership, youth empowerment and promotion of maternal and child health, I embarked my journey on being an advocate for health in the...
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VYLH-Philippines dubbed YouthLeadGlobal Top Model Youth Leadership Program
Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH) - Philippines was selected as one of the Top Model Youth Leadership Programs of 2016 by the global youth leadership program search, YouthLeadGlobal....
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#HealthXPh, VYLH-Philippines hold Preconception Health TweetChat
Does disability prevention begin in the womb? or earlier?“Prevention is better than cure” has always been a common and undoubtedly true saying. However, there is still a gap on how Filipinos carry this...
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