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.)

discovery of a specific treatment for the disease, tiqui-tiqui extract belongs to Chamberlain of the Army Board for the study of Tropical Diseases and two Filipino physicians: Dr. Joaquin Quintos and Dr. Manuel S. Guerrero. In 1914, Congress passed a law allowing free distribution of tiki-tiki to indigent mothers.

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