Adolescent pregnancy carries health, educational, and economic consequences that follow young Filipinas for the rest of their lives. In Eastern Visayas, a program built around youth leadership and stronger local governance is showing measurable progress, offering a model other regions may be able to follow
Tuberculosis kills an estimated 98 Filipinos every day. DOH and WHO are now targeting 12 million screenings in 2026 backed by a budget nearly double last year's, funded by AI assisted portable X-rays and a shortened drug resistant treatment regimen.
A simple colored label on the front of a food package could shape what millions of Filipino families buy. Government agencies researchers and health groups gathered in Quezon City to discuss a front of pack nutrition labelling system designed to make sugar sodium and fat content impossible to miss.
Fatty liver disease is not only a problem for people who are overweight. A growing body of research shows that normal-weight Filipinos can develop the condition silently, with no obvious symptoms and no warning on the scale.
Most people talk about the physical toll of caregiving. Almost nobody talks about the moment you reach for the feeling you used to have for this person and find something flat where it used to be. Peer-reviewed research has a name for that, and for everything that follows.
After 14 years of research and global advocacy, PCOS is now officially called PMOS. Experts say the new name better explains the condition beyond ovarian cysts.
Antimicrobial resistance or AMR is becoming a growing global health concern as bacteria and other microbes evolve resistance to medicines. Experts warn that misuse of antibiotics in healthcare, agriculture, and food systems may accelerate the rise of dangerous superbugs.
The Philippine College of Chest Physicians has formally warned the public against unregistered "lung support" supplements, citing no scientific evidence of therapeutic benefit and significant risks including heavy metal contamination. APMARGIN examines the data.
The 2026 Ligtas Tigdas campaign aimed to vaccinate children across Mindanao against measles and rubella. Now APMARGIN, commissioned by DOH and US CDC, is training field teams to find out how many children were actually reached and why some were not.
The 2023 National Nutrition Survey shows 23.6% of Filipino children under five are stunted. What happens in the first 1,000 days of life cannot be undone. APMARGIN examines what the data reveals about hunger, nutrition, and the cost of getting this wrong.
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