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Agricultural water management in the Philippines is primarily focused on irrigation. The country has 3.126 million hectares of irrigable land, 50% (1.567 million hectares) of which already has irrigation facilities. 50% of irrigated areas are developed and operated by the government through the National Irrigation System (NIS). 36% is developed by the government and operated by irrigators ...
NTD interventions include programs to address environmental and social determinants of health (e.g., vector control, water quality, sanitation) as well as programs offering mass drug administration for disease prevention and treatment. Drug treatments exist [164] to confront many of the NTDs and represent some of the world's essential medicines.
Services. Beds. 10,000. History. Opened. October 17, 2016 (soft opening) November 29, 2016 (full opening) The Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (Mega DATRC), [1] also known as the Mega Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, is a drug rehabilitation center at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija, Philippines. [2]
Providing for the Establishment and Support of Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers Throughout the Philippines October 11, 2016 [4] 5 Approving and Adopting the Twenty-Five-Year Long Term Vision Entitled Ambisyon Natin 2040 as Guide for Development Planning October 11, 2016 [5] 6
Through a letter sent to the U.S. Department of State, they noted that instead of addressing the drug problem, investing in treatment programs or approaching the issue with an emphasis on health, Duterte has "pledged to kill another 20,000 to 30,000 people, many simply because they suffer from a drug use disorder."
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA, / piːˈdeɪə /; [ 1] Filipino: Ahensiya ng Pilipinas sa Pagpapatupad ng Batas Laban sa Bawal na Gamot[ 2]) is the lead anti-drug law enforcement agency, responsible for preventing, investigating and combating any dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals within the Philippines.
The Safe Water System ( SWS) is a series of inexpensive technologies that can be applied as water quality interventions in developing countries. [1] It was developed in conjunction by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Pan American Health Organization. As of 2014, SWS had been implemented in thirty-five countries.
The history of medicine in the Philippines discusses the folk medicinal practices and the medical applications used in Philippine society from the prehistoric times before the Spaniards were able to set a firm foothold on the islands of the Philippines for over 300 years, to the transition from Spanish rule to fifty-year American colonial embrace of the Philippines, and up to the establishment ...