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PLENARY SESSION I - NAST

PLENARY SESSION I A CENTURY OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE PHILIPPINES TEOOORA V. TIGLAO Professor Emeritus Institute of Public Health 'ity of the Philippines, J 000 Manila What is Public HeaIth "Public Health is ecological in perspective, multisectoral in scope and collahorative in strategy. It aims to improve the health of communities through an organized communi~v effort: Puhlic health i1~rrastructures need to reflect that it is an interdisciplinaty pursuit with a commitment to equity, puhlic participation, sustainahle develop-ment andfreedomfi'om war. As such it is part of a global commitment and strategy". - Ilona Kickbush Let us first have a bird's eye-view of the current health scenario in the Philippines. (fyou look back, as the year 1997 dawned on us, we were greeted by such dismal news as the measles outbreak. typhoid in Manila jail, lead in our water, increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases, hepatitis outbreak at , ebola virus in monkeys, the poor condition of the water supply, TB on the upsurge, etc.)

any headway in the status of public health in the Philippines? Allow me to take you on a flight to the past, "back to the future" to view how the real situation is. Our first stop is the pre-American occupation. 7 . 8 PLENARY PAPER: A CENTURY OF PUBLIC HEALTH Pre-American Occupation The Americans did not establish public health in a vacuum. ...

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