Health

What is a Death Café? I asked myself that question in March 2020, in the middle of my confinement. And a very special person, whom I now have the honour to call a friend, Glynis German, gave me the response.…

December 2019, while France is going through one of its greatest social crises, the Gilets Jaunes are on the streets, ready to do anything for their demands and getting dangerously close to power, a new disease is making its appearance…

As VP and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte and the Department of Education (DepEd) brace the country for an enhanced basic education program dubbed MATATAG, environmental group BAN Toxics urges the government to “include and seriously consider environmental education as a…

With estimates of more than 700,000 cases per year worldwide, suicide is a major public health problem with far-reaching social, emotional, and economic consequences. Each suicide profoundly affects many more people. “An increasing rate of suicide in the Philippines has…

16 September 2023, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition sought the help of environmental authorities to halt the dangerous use of mercury purportedly to dispel the effects of black magic such as “kulam” or “barang.” The group’s appeal…

Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics raised the alarm over the continuous selling of banned/prohibited insecticides in Pasig Mega Market in the City of Pasig despite numerous public health advisories issued by the Food and Drug Administration since 2013 – potential…

“If health and education are treated unequally for the inhabitants of a country, the revolution implies free education and health for all … It seems to us that proceeding in the opposite way will not lead to the creation of…

In the last two years, since the abandonment of the country by international forces and the establishment of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, EMERGENCY has carried out 249,722 visits and over 41,000 admissions in hospitals in Kabul, Lashkar-gah, Anabah; more…

As the “ber” months kick off, shops and stores are inundating their shelves with a wide array of toys. Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics has taken the initiative to closely monitor these toys which aims to shed light on the…

6 September 2023, Quezon City, Metro Manila.  As part of its continuing advocacy towards a zero waste and toxics-free society, the environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition organized a seminar last September 5 focusing on ubiquitous synthetic chemicals that mimic, block…