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The La Union Provincial Health Office and the PHAPCares Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Philippines (PHAP), provided crucial health services to select communities within the province of La Union amid extreme weather disturbances brought about by the southwest monsoon in the region. Residents from…
Published May 4, 2021, 12:02 AM The Philippines is the leading exporter of nurses worldwide with 85 percent of nurses trained in the Philippines working overseas, mostly in Saudi Arabia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Migrant nurses contribute approximately $8 billion in remittances to the Philippine economy every year. Despite the significant financial returns, this brain drain of world-class Filipino talent has also impaired the overall effectiveness of the country’s public health system. In a bit of irony, the first person to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in the United Ki...