Publications
PAPP Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Asthma 2021
Philippine Integrated HIV Behavioral and Serologic Surveillance (IHBSS)
The rise in HIV cases in the Philippines is alarming. In 2017, UNAIDS announced that the Philippines has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the Asia and the Pacific region, which it maintained in 2018 as annual new HIV infections increased by 203% between 2010 and 2018. In 2018, a total of 13,400 people were estimated to be newly infected with HIV in the country, of whom around two-thirds were young people between 15 to 24 years old…
Effectiveness of school-based versus home-based permethrin 1% shampoo in the control of pediculosis capitis at the Makati Elementary School: a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial
Laus-David, LDR. Rosales, VC. Effectiveness of school-based versus home-based permethrin 1% shampoo in the control of pediculosis capitis at the Makati Elementary School: a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases of the Philippines 2015:16(1):4-11.
This was among our first research projects shortly in 2014; a small-scale school-based study which went on to be awarded First Place in the Annual Research Competition of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of the Philippines…
A Nationwide Assessment on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Filipino Physicians on Ethical Relations with the Pharmaceutical Industry
Reyes KV, Rosales VC, Co PW, Alfonso RC, Farinas IF. A Nationwide Assessment on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Filipino Physicians on Ethical Relations with the Pharmaceutical Industry. Journal of Public Health and Development 2020:18(3):84-93.
This was a study commissioned by the Department of Health Pharmaceutical Division to determine the knowledge, attitudes, practices on the Mexico City Principles from a physician perspective. We were able to survey 2,030 physicians within a six-month…
Utilization of social health insurance for maternal health services in the Philippines
Reyes KV, Verdolaga RM, Wee-Co, PA, Rosales VC, Remonte MA, Silvestre MA, Castillo M. Utilization of social health insurance for maternal health services in the Philippines.Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2020:51(S1):108-125.
We will share the link for the online version of this special supplement of the SEAMEO for Closing the SDG and UHC Gaps: The Philippine Public Health Research Experience once available. Our team at 101 performed descriptive and multivariate analyses for this PhilHealth and UNICEF study…
Global Surgery Indicators and Pediatric Hydrocephalus: A Multicenter Cross-Country Comparative Study Building the Case for Health System Strengthening
The aim of this study is to compare specific three-institution, cross-country data that are relevant to the Global Surgery indicators and the functioning of health systems…
