UNICEF-assisted communication campaigns on WASH win 5 Anvil awards Two health promotion and communication programs on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) supported by UNICEF took home five trophies at the 53rd Anvil Awards of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines. “Goodbye, Dumi! Hello, Healthy!” (GDHH) received a Gold Anvil award as a communication program…
15 February 2018, General Santos City – Stories of communities finally eliminating open defecation are aplenty in the Province of Sarangani, but the work is not yet over, according to the Provincial Health Office. “We have adjacent barangays along the Pangi River working together to eradicate open defecation and promote our White Water river cruise.…
Makati, Philippines — Boys who identify themselves as “males having sex with males” (MSM) start having sex with other boys, as early as 14 on the average, a study on condom use among young MSMs in three key cities of the country revealed. Among a sample of 908 young MSMs in Quezon City, Cebu City…
Manila, 28 November 2017–Basic toilet facilities should be at every Filipino household, even before 2022. Health Secretary Dr. Francisco Duque III stressed the importance of having a basic toilet facility to achieve universal health, during the World Toilet Day celebration at the Department of Health (DOH) central office in Manila, on Monday (27 November 2017).…
UNICEF celebrity advocate Anne Curtis visited the Municipality of Bobon in the Province of Northern Samar on July 26, 2017 as part of the Change for Good program of UNICEF and Cebu Pacific. Anne had the opportunity to do a storytelling session for day care center pupils in Barangay San Isidro. Ann read “Ang Piyesta”,…
“Let our words take flight!” Two of CHSI’s communication programs soared at the 15th Philippine Quill Awards of the International Association of Business Communicators. U4U is a communication program that provides Filipino teens with critical information to prevent teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Designed with and implemented by the Commission on Population (POPCOM), U4U…
IN A typical summer morning in Isla Verde, Davao City, a coastal area known to be the home to the thousands of people from various tribes who live in shanties, the sea transforms into a playground to the many children who live there especially during low tide. The children do not mind that the beach…
Two major communication programs designed and implemented by the Center for Health Solutions and Innovations Philippines, Inc. (CHSI Philippines, Inc.) for different development partners earned nine trophies at the 52nd Anvil Awards of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP). U4U, a campaign on the prevention of teen pregnancy, received five Gold Anvil Awards,…
The Commission on Population (POPCOM) taps rising Kapuso actor Miguel Tanfelix as the Celebrity Ambassador of U4U, its flagship program for Filipino teens. POPCOM’s partnership with the teen star was formally launched during a press conference held last September 14, 2016 in Quezon City. “This advocacy is all about respect for one’s self,” said 17-year…