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DOH-RO CAR develops NBS Flipchart
To develop a communication tool promoting ENBS (Expanded Newborn Sceeening) to women of reproductive age and other stakeholders in the communities, the DOH-RO CAR conducted a workshop that would create...
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Inside Hayaw: VYLH launches two-part Visayas Cluster Camp
Have you ever been to a place far away but feels like home? Or a place where you can identify yourself with people who know the feeling of being there and have done that? Or maybe being with people who...
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From trainee to trainor: Keeping the VYLH legacy alive thru Hayaw
The cycle was seemingly never going to end. Burnt out by the extreme requirements and demands in the academe, I felt very exhausted. In the end, all the sleepless nights I experienced were all worth it...
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A millennial’s perspective: How to become a true VYL?
Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH) Philippines is an initiative made to promote health advocacies that are not necessarily popular to many. Health advocacies such as the importance of newborn...
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DOH-CAR holds First VYLH Summit for the Cordilleras
2018 marks the ninth year of the Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health (VYLH)–Philippines, a national network of youth leaders from various organizations in universities and communities in the...
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Health Secretary announces strong commitments to Newborn Screening
“I pledge the full support of the DOH for 100% coverage of newborn screening as we work together on delivering on our promise for quality healthcare for our people.”This is the commitment made by...
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DOH-RO3, VYLH hold Central Luzon Regional Camp anew
To be a volunteer, one does not necessarily need to have so much time in their hands and excessive resources. One only needs to have a heart full of compassion and a helping hand that is unselfishly...
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VYLH Central Luzon spearheads "Prick or Treat"
ANGELES CITY - Truly, the scariest thing for parents is not knowing if their child has a heritable disorder that may cost him his entire future. The first “treat” they can give their child is to have...
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DOH-NCRO Conducts Reunion of Saved Babies
“Nagpapasalamat ako sa newborn screening dahil nakita agad ang kalagayan ng mga bata maaga pa lang,” shared a parent of patients with Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) during the Reunion of Saved Babies...
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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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PhilHealth introduces Expanded Newborn Care Package
In support of the National Comprehensive Newborn Screening System, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Inc., or PhilHealth, recently released PhilHealth Circular No. 2018-0021, expanding its...
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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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