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Health Service Delivery Profile Philippines 2012 Compiled in collaboration between WHO and Department of Health, Philippines Philippines health service delivery profile Demographics and health situation Positioned on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean, on the south-eastern rim of Asia, the Philippines is the second-largest archipelago on the planet, with over 7,107 islands In 2010,…

Scraping off our dishes after a big meal because we’re too full to finish the leftover food shows that we don’t fully grasp the magnitude of food waste. We don’t realize the damage this causes to both our planet and society, as many people globally are currently experiencing starvation. It’s crucial that we tackle this…

“In 1953, a polio epidemic struck my suburb of DeWitt, NY In our first-grade classroom of twenty-four children, 8 children contracted the disease. My twin brother, Frankie, died.” These are the words of a polio survivor who lost her brother Frankie because of Polio at a young age in the 50s, Medical research involving animals…

Professional roles of nurses Caregiver – provide care and comfort for persons together with preserving the dignity of a human being. Communicator – Communication facilitates understanding and collaboration of nursing action with their clients and other members of the health team. Teacher–nurses help the clients learn the state of their well-being and the therapies that…

One must identify current legislation, guidelines, policies, and protocols that are applicable to the administration of medication. The Medicines Acts of 1968 and its subsequent amendments establish the legal framework for medication management. While care staff do not require extensive knowledge of these laws, it is important for them to grasp the legal distinctions between…

50 First Dates In the movie 50 First Dates, one of the main characters suffers from the severe condition of anterograde amnesia. The movie is about Henry Roth who is a wildlife veterinarian in Hawaii, meeting Lucy Whitmore a woman who has a short-term memory loss from an auto accident a year earlier. Henry meets…

Child mortality is an unfortunate event that happens to all countries and it heavily affects the life expectancy of a country. Child mortality and life expectancy are two measures that are closely related. When there is a large number of children dying, those who live to old age will be canceled out when calculating the…

In today’s society, there are millions of images of what beauty is supposed to look like. Billboards and advertisements tell us how we should dress, what is in style and in trend; how ‘perfect’ people look. Body image has become one of today’s hot topics of discussion. Whether your are beautiful or “ugly”, thin or…

When I immigrated to the United States with my parents at the age of fifteen, I often found myself in drained confidence and isolation due to the lack of friends and communication skills. It was difficult for me to mould my goals and aspiration in the beginning because of the loneliness, stress and fear. However,…

Introduction On this time last year, when you enter a book shop or a convenience store, you can easily find an area full of manga with images of little girls, around 11-13 years old, nude or half nude. But now, this kind of manga almost disappeared in Tokyo. This is the result of an act…