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KUALA
LUMPUR: Registration for the Covid-19 vaccination, which is expected to open soon, should use simple methods that are people-friendly and can be accessed by all levels of the society to ensure that no one is left out, says medical experts.
Apart from MySejahtera, they suggested other ways and methods should also be considered, especially for those who do not have access to the application.
President of the Malaysian Association of Public Health Physicians, Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar, said this would include the normal way of filling forms manually for those in the rural areas who do not have access to the Internet.
More than 200 public health doctors warn of critical shortages in this area By TPN/Lusa, in News, Health · 05-02-2021 16:23:00 · 2 Comments
More than 200 doctors and Public Health interns signed a document in which they reinforce their “absolute commitment” in combating the pandemic, but they warn of the “critical needs” in this area that “was never truly the target of investment”. In the document released today, whose first signature is the president of the Association of Public Health Doctors, Ricardo Mexia, doctors lament the “huge asymmetry in the resources available in the face of needs” and the “successive attacks” that have suffered their technical autonomy and that they consider “violations of their professional dignity”. Doctors reiterate the need to materialize the long-delaye
St. Luke’s launches The Future of Health conversation series
Feb 2, 2021 7:59 PM PHT
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This is a press release from St Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial.
On February 10, 2021, 9 am Manila time, the St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial, through its new Planetary and Global Health Program, will be launching a new webinar series entitled “The Future of Health.”
The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant disruption in society, posed tremendous stress on health systems, and caused immense suffering onto the health of populations. As the Philippines and the world enter the second year of the pandemic, the health community must begin a vigorous conversation that looks to the future of health beyond COVID-19.