Keynote Speaker at University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (UERMMMC)

8/6/2019 Keynote Speaker at University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (UERMMMC)

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UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST

RAMON MAGSAYSAY

MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTERGRADUATE SCHOOL

Pearl (10th

) Foundation DayAugust 12, 2011

Senator Edgardo J. Angara

Keynote Speaker


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are covered by the

National Health

Insurance Program


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892Rural Health Units

have no accreditation by PhilHealth, when

majority of poor Filipinos turn to

government facilities for medical

attention.

99Govt Hospitals


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41%Rural Areas

79%Govt Hospitals

percent of births attended by skilled

health personnel


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mothers die

at childbirth


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is our infant

mortality

rate


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is our mortality

rate for children

under age 5


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MILLENNIUM

DEVELOPMENT

GOALS


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Why?


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Inadequate investmentTotal expenditure on health as

a % ofGDP (2007)Per capita government

expenditure on health (PPP int. $)

Brunei 2.4 958

Cambodia 5.9 31

Indonesia 2.2 44

Lao PDR 4.0 16

Malaysia 4.4 268

Myanmar 1.9 2

Philippines 3.9 45

Singapore 3.1 536

Timor-Leste 13.6 98

Thailand 3.7 209

Vietnam 7.1 72

Source: World Health Statistics 2010 by the World Health Organization


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Now, a window of

opportunity


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Life

expectancyat birth

(years)

Population

ages 0-14(%)

Population

ages 15-64 (%)

Fertility Rate

(births perwoman)

1960 53.2 45.9 51.1 7.0

1970 57.2 45.3 51.8 6.3

1980 61.1 43.1 53.7 5.2

1990 65.4 40.7 56.1 4.3

2000 69.5 37.8 58.7 3.5

2009 72.1 33.9 61.9 3.0

THE

WORLDBANK


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DEMOGRAPHICDIVIDENDChanging age distribution

results in having majority of apopulation belonging to the

productive labor force.


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ADVANCED EDUCATION

Graduate health education

anchored on R&D

Distributing nursing & medicinegraduates to serve the population,

especially in rural areas.


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Of the estimated 2.77 million

students enrolled in the

tertiary and postgraduate

levels in 2009-2010, only anestimated 395,000 went into

medical and allied healthservices.


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Occupation Average numberof

graduates / year

Nurses 10,000Doctors 2,000

Midwives 1,500


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Source: World Health Report 2006 by the World Health Organization

Physicians

per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives

per 1,000 people

Brunei (2000) 1.01 2.67Cambodia (2000) 0.16 0.61

Indonesia (2003) 0.13 0.62

Lao PDR (1996) 0.59 1.03

Malaysia (2000) 0.70 1.35

Myanmar (2004) 0.36 0.38

Philippines (2000) 0.58 1.69Singapore (2001) 1.40 4.24

Timor-L

este (2004

) 0.10 1.79

Thailand (2000) 0.37 2.82

Vietnam (2001) 0.53 0.56


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HOW TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES

ON PLANNING HUMAN RESOURCE


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Enrollmentinhighdemand yet

unsaturated medical courses Currently, we have an oversupply of

registered nurses, physical therapists,optometrists and occupational therapy.

Meanwhile, we lack medical doctors, doctorsof dental medicine, medical technologistsand pharmacists.

HOW TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES ON

PLANNING HUMAN RESOURCE

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Schools curriculashouldprovide quality

ofinstructionandresearch. School already doing this are:

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Braingain, keepourhealthprofessionals

Not only is compensation the reasonprofessionals go abroad, but better

opportunities for higher learning actual

practice.

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NEW FRONTIERS

Biomedical Sciences

at Biopolisin Singapore

Neuroregeneration, Telehealth

and Stem Cell Imaging

at Taipei Medical University


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NEW FRONTIERS

Neurosciences, embryonic stem

cell lines and stem cell biology

at the University ofCalifornia

Nanomedicine at Harvard

University


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NEW FRONTIERS

Tropical medicine

at the Cayetano Heredia

University in Peru

Epidemiology, immunology,

infectious diseases and vaccine

research at London University


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NEW FRONTIERS

23 leading research-intensive universities globally combined 830,000 students

research grant income of US$4B


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AGING

It is a biological process which we can cope with

through intervention, treatment and therapy.

Biotechnology, stem cell therapy and genomics

will provide key solutions to enhance the body'sability self-repair and make the period of peak

health longer

hence must beamongthefocusareas

ofgraduateeducation.


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Going toward the future, we must

ensure that our strategies forquality healthcare cover both

curative and preventive aspects.


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The goal should be tocontinuously find means to

boost the well-being of allmembers of society, regardless

of age.


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Health education, and itsapplications, must not only

help uphold the right tolive, but most importantly

the right to live well.


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Mabuhay

ang

UERMMMC!

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