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12 Οκτ 2023 · Since the passage of the Mental Health Act in 2018, the Philippines has scaled up mental health services and quality essential medicines with 362 access sites nationwide dispensing 30 mental health medicines serving 124,246 service users in 2022.
18 Μαΐ 2021 · The government should uphold inclusivity for the provision of mental healthcare, so that people with disabilities can also take advantage of the provision of the Mental Health Law in the country, such as privileges on medicines, hospitalizations, and psychosocial counseling.
Manila, October 15, 2021 – In celebration of National Mental Health Week, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) launched Lusog-Isip – the country’s first mobile application for mental health and self-care.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call for public mental health stakeholders. Imposed quarantines reduce access to social support, 2 and the unmet need for mental health services grows because of a fragmented referral network.
Liaising with social services, legal teams and directly with the asylum-seeker's caseworker for asylum applications and advice on housing and financial entitlement is often required. Some asylum-seekers may wish for and benefit from a medical report to support their application.
UNHCR supports the Philippines in providing refugees and asylum seekers access to rights, in the reduction of statelessness, and in the delivery of protection and humanitarian assistance in Mindanao. The Philippines is working towards enhancing the legal framework for the protection of refugees and
Its Implementing Rules and Regulations was issued on January 22, 2019. This legislation mandates that mental health is a basic right of all Filipinos and is a fundamental right of people who require mental health services.
