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Press release June 26, 2011 Medical doctors can help to stop torture This June 26, the Medical Action Group (MAG) and its members composed of medical doctors and health professionals are one with the world in commemoration of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. “Even though torture is a crime, torture persists…

With support from the British Embassy Manila, non-governmental organisation Medical Action Group will implement a project to improve the prosecution of human rights cases in the Philippines. The Philippine Government has expressed its dedication to stamping out human rights violations in the country, making human rights protection and justice a priority objective. Furthermore, the passage of…

VACANT POSITION REQUIREMENTS RESPONSIBILITIES APPLICATION PROCESS Psychologist Essential qualifications: 1. Bachelor’s degree in Psychology 2. Excellent interpersonal skills 3. Excellent communications skills both oral and written 4. Has the capacity to deal with various kind of people 5. Has the ability to do multi-tasking 6. Basic research knowledge and skills in writing 7. Willing to…

The Senate has asked officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), the administrator of the government’s National Health Insurance Program, to explain why the agency is keeping a whooping P69.5-billion reserve fund instead of mobilizing said funds to subsidize the health care expenses of millions of poor Filipinos. During Monday’s hearing on various health…

Press Release May 19, 2011   The Medical Action Group, Inc. (MAG), a health and human rights organization, calls for full probe of the suspected act of leaving prison without a pass and allegedly receiving a VIP treatment in the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) of former Batangas Governor Antonio Leviste. MAG beholds this act to…

  Here’s the link to the video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRiklJChC3w&feature=player_embedded   30 April 2011 By FERDINANDH CABRERA MindaNews and VERA Files COTABATO CITY—The Commission on Human Rights’ Central Mindanao regional office has filed a torture case against a police superintendent and his subordinates after it concluded that they mishandled two suspects in the October 2010 bus bombing…

  Are pictures on cigarette packs not too far behind? The Supreme Court granted the petition of five Former Health Secretaries to intervene in the legal battle between the Department of Health (DOH) and the tobacco industry over the validity of DOH Administrative Order No. 13 or the Graphic Health Information order. “The wheels of justice are…

March 21, 2011 Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War c/o Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association Dear fellow physicians and health rights activists; It is with great sadness that we learned of the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan last March 11, the largest earthquake 8.9…

“A very good news for Filipinos with disabilities!” Akbayan said of the latest development in the battle to realize the rights and welfare persons with disabilities (PWDs): Mercury Drug finally folded to the combined pressure of PWD groups and Akbayan Party and pledged to honor the 20% discount for PWDs’ purchases of medicine. “Simula sa…

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, warns that the “EU-India draft Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could prevent people from all over the world from gaining access to life saving and life prolonging medicines. Much of the developing world depends on India for generic medicines at affordable costs. Restrictions on generic drug production…