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Public and private sectors join forces to support logistics of COVID-19 vaccine program
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17 DECEMBER 2020, MANILA Over 700 individuals from key government and private sector partners registered for the COVID-19 Vaccine Logistics Summit on December 16 and expressed support for the Philippine government’s efforts to combat the pandemic through the national vaccine program.
To pool all government and private sector efforts together, Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, National Task Force (NTF) on COVID-19, Department of Health, and a core group of companies composed of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), AC Health, Unilab, and Zuellig Pharma hosted the country’s first-ever COVID-19 Vaccine Logistics Summit aimed at identifying critical gaps and challenges, learning from global experts, and building partnerships to strengthen strategies in preparation for the implementation of the vaccine program which is sch
AS we near the end of the year, the Philippines, as many other countries in the world, has been in quarantine for more than nine months to stave off a global pandemic that has stolen lives, mobility, precious time for education and economic security from millions of people. The end is not yet in sight.
In a July 23, 2020 op-ed that I wrote, I said that “one of the most insidious consequences of the pandemic is the rise of gender-based violence (GBV). Children and adolescents, particularly girls, are confronted with violence and abuse, as a result of prolonged lockdowns.” We recently marked the intensive 18 Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women, a global call to action, and a powerful reminder that our work to end GBV is unfinished.
In support of the government’s campaign on a VAW-free community, the UNFPA conducted a series of educational activities to raise awareness and to enhance capacity building on the issues of gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response on Dec. 9. (Photo: UNFPA Philippines/Facebook)
MANILA The United Nations Population Fund in the Philippines (UNFPA) and the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) have introduced digital training modules on “Gender and Development” to support the capacity building of the government and non-government organizations to respond to gender-rights issues.
About six digital training modules were launched in PDRF’s e-learning platform iADAPT (Innovations Academy for Disaster Awareness, Preparedness, and Training), as part of the annual celebration of the 18-Day Campaign Against Violence Against Women (VAW).
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