Tinig.com » Cheryll D. Fiel http://www.tinig.com Ang Tinig ng Bagong Salinlahi Fri, 16 May 2008 02:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Diagnosing Mindanao http://www.tinig.com/diagnosing-mindanao/ http://www.tinig.com/diagnosing-mindanao/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:52:13 +0000 Cheryll D. Fiel http://www.tinig.com/2007/diagnosing-mindanao/ Cheryll D. Fiel, davaotoday.com Mothers feeding their infants with condensed milk--read this and other stories from poor communities that a health group gathered in its attempt to diagnose the state of people’s health in Mindanao.]]>
Most Affected. Poor families in the rural areas, such as this father and his two children, are most affected by the lack of resources for health. (davaotoday.com photo)

DAVAO CITY – The conventional wisdom is that, poverty being so widespread in the Philippines, the state of health of poor Filipinos leaves much to be desired. In Mindanao, where most of the country’s poorest provinces are located, the problem is particularly more acute.A recent survey conducted by the nongovernment health group Community Based Health Services Association (CBHSA) affirmed many of the sad realities of the Philippine health care system, particularly in Mindanao. Many of the afflictions Mindanaoans suffer were preventable, the study found out, but these diseases became chronic and incurable because of the widespread poverty and lack of health services.

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