At the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the Philippines in April 2020, the Asian Development Bank, in partnership with the Philippine government and the private sector, implemented the Bayan Bayanihan (BB) food relief program which served approximately 162,000 households in the National Capital Region and nearby provinces. This study evaluates the impact …
Contemporary armed conflicts are increasingly protracted and urbanized, worsening their consequences on population health and turning them into intertwined humanitarian crises with escalating public health emergencies. It is estimated that more than 740,000 people die each year as a result of conflict-related violence, yet this figure fails to capture the full extent of war-related mortality, …
Despite the restrictive abortion law and without access to appropriate medical information, supplies and trained health providers, Filipino women, especially poor women with at least three children, have made personal decisions to induce abortion clandestinely and under unsafe conditions risking their lives and health. Asset Type: Publications Collection: Other Philippine Publications Subject: Economy, Economic development, …
