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                    [Title] => MB okays $16-M loan for women’s health program
                    [Summary] => The Monetary Board, the policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has approved the release of a $16-million World Bank (WB) loan to the National Government.


BSP Governor and MB chairman Amando Tetangco Jr. said proceeds from the loan would be utilized for the advancement of the welfare of Filipino women, particularly on health concerns.

Tetangco said the 20-year loan to the Philippines will have a grace period of eight years.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 284328 [Title] => WB extends $36.37M worth of loans, grants to RP [Summary] => The World Bank (WB) extended about $36.37 million worth of loans and grants to the Philippines and Bank officials said they are willing to give more aid if the government is successful with its fiscal consolidation.

The agreements were signed by the World Bank, Japanese government and Philippine finance officials yesterday for the financing that would bankroll projects in health, education, irrigation and land management.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 143336 [Title] => Benguet town adopting motherhood project [Summary] => LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The municipal government here is adopting and institutionalizing a national project that promotes and ensures safe and healthy pregnancy among rural folk.

Councilor John Kim and his fellow council members are about to pass an ordinance on the matter, thus ensuring the continued implementation of the Women’s Health and Safe Motherhood Project (WHSMP) in this town.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142604 [Title] => Villagers find ways to solve health woes [Summary] => PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Facing financial difficulties, villagers here, especially women, have found a unique way to meet their medical needs.

Families can avail themselves of hospital services, each by cleaning five empty bottles a month, which serves as their contribution to a fund that enables them to acquire medical loans.

The fund is being administered by the Ligaya ng Buhay Foundation, a people’s organization created by World Vision in 1983.
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Marking the celebration is the presentation of the king carrot cake, which is big enough to feed some 5,000 people. The cake will be presented by Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor, Tourism Undersecretary Oscar Palabyab and Vice Gov. Edna Tabanda, who also chairs the provincial committee on health and women.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138337 [Title] => Mothers warned of post-natal health risks [Summary] => A baby’s safe delivery is no guarantee that the mother is already out of danger.

The Department of Health issued this warning, citing complications such as infections and other health problems that mothers could experience after delivery.

And such problems, if left unattended, can be fatal, according to the Center for Family and Environmental Health (CFEH).

"It is important that women seek the help of health professionals to have their health status checked after delivery through post-natal checkups," said the CFEH in a statement.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 134630 [Title] => DOH curbs incidence of maternal deaths [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) has built 25 health facilities across the country for mothers and pregnant women.

These facilities were built as the incidence of maternal deaths has risen to 10 every 24 hours, or 180 per 100,000 live births.

Most of the deaths, which run to thousands, occur in remote areas and among low-income families, whose access to health care is constrained economically and geographically.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 132421 [Title] => LGUs tapped to solve childbirth, pregnancy woes [Summary] => Alarmed by the high incidence of women’s deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, the Department of Health is mobilizing local government units (LGUs) and other sectors in a concerted campaign to solve that problem.

The DOH launched the campaign amid the urgent need for clear, substantial and long-range interventions to improve the overall health, nutrition and family status of women.

Studies show that 10 Filipino women die every 24 hours from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Most are in the rural areas and of low income.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 130008 [Title] => Maternal health program beefed up [Summary] => The Women’s Health and Safe Motherhood Project (WHSMP) has stepped up its campaign in promoting safe motherhood through obstetrical inputs and maternal nutrition.

The project, now on its final phase, was initiated some five years ago to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, support efforts at the local level to provide women’s health services to targeted groups of women, and, at the national level, to strengthen the Department of Health’s capability to support local government units (LGUs) in carrying out these services and activities.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => MB okays $16-M loan for women’s health program
                    [Summary] => The Monetary Board, the policy-making body of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has approved the release of a $16-million World Bank (WB) loan to the National Government.


BSP Governor and MB chairman Amando Tetangco Jr. said proceeds from the loan would be utilized for the advancement of the welfare of Filipino women, particularly on health concerns.

Tetangco said the 20-year loan to the Philippines will have a grace period of eight years.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 284328 [Title] => WB extends $36.37M worth of loans, grants to RP [Summary] => The World Bank (WB) extended about $36.37 million worth of loans and grants to the Philippines and Bank officials said they are willing to give more aid if the government is successful with its fiscal consolidation.

The agreements were signed by the World Bank, Japanese government and Philippine finance officials yesterday for the financing that would bankroll projects in health, education, irrigation and land management.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 143336 [Title] => Benguet town adopting motherhood project [Summary] => LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The municipal government here is adopting and institutionalizing a national project that promotes and ensures safe and healthy pregnancy among rural folk.

Councilor John Kim and his fellow council members are about to pass an ordinance on the matter, thus ensuring the continued implementation of the Women’s Health and Safe Motherhood Project (WHSMP) in this town.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142604 [Title] => Villagers find ways to solve health woes [Summary] => PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Facing financial difficulties, villagers here, especially women, have found a unique way to meet their medical needs.

Families can avail themselves of hospital services, each by cleaning five empty bottles a month, which serves as their contribution to a fund that enables them to acquire medical loans.

The fund is being administered by the Ligaya ng Buhay Foundation, a people’s organization created by World Vision in 1983.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 141186 [Title] => LGUs get P258-M equipment for mothers’ health program [Summary] => To avert cases of pregnancy-related deaths, the Department of Health (DOH) has released over P258 million worth of medical equipment and supplies to local government units (LGUs) in the country’s high-risk areas. [DatePublished] => 2001-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 141108 [Title] => Women’s health project to mark Benguet’s 101st year [Summary] => Benguet will celebrate its 101st anniversary today (Nov. 23) by paying tribute to its main agricultural produce — the carrot — and its contribution to women’s health and safe motherhood.

Marking the celebration is the presentation of the king carrot cake, which is big enough to feed some 5,000 people. The cake will be presented by Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor, Tourism Undersecretary Oscar Palabyab and Vice Gov. Edna Tabanda, who also chairs the provincial committee on health and women.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138337 [Title] => Mothers warned of post-natal health risks [Summary] => A baby’s safe delivery is no guarantee that the mother is already out of danger.

The Department of Health issued this warning, citing complications such as infections and other health problems that mothers could experience after delivery.

And such problems, if left unattended, can be fatal, according to the Center for Family and Environmental Health (CFEH).

"It is important that women seek the help of health professionals to have their health status checked after delivery through post-natal checkups," said the CFEH in a statement.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 134630 [Title] => DOH curbs incidence of maternal deaths [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) has built 25 health facilities across the country for mothers and pregnant women.

These facilities were built as the incidence of maternal deaths has risen to 10 every 24 hours, or 180 per 100,000 live births.

Most of the deaths, which run to thousands, occur in remote areas and among low-income families, whose access to health care is constrained economically and geographically.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 132421 [Title] => LGUs tapped to solve childbirth, pregnancy woes [Summary] => Alarmed by the high incidence of women’s deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, the Department of Health is mobilizing local government units (LGUs) and other sectors in a concerted campaign to solve that problem.

The DOH launched the campaign amid the urgent need for clear, substantial and long-range interventions to improve the overall health, nutrition and family status of women.

Studies show that 10 Filipino women die every 24 hours from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Most are in the rural areas and of low income.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 130008 [Title] => Maternal health program beefed up [Summary] => The Women’s Health and Safe Motherhood Project (WHSMP) has stepped up its campaign in promoting safe motherhood through obstetrical inputs and maternal nutrition.

The project, now on its final phase, was initiated some five years ago to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, support efforts at the local level to provide women’s health services to targeted groups of women, and, at the national level, to strengthen the Department of Health’s capability to support local government units (LGUs) in carrying out these services and activities.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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