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People living with HIV face hardships due to COVID-19 lockdown

It is discrimination and stigma that kill people living with HIV, not the disease itself

Fears that India’s health system will buckle under pandemic strain

‘Hospitals aren’t equipped enough to cater to the basic ailments of the people in normal times’

Philippine church groups offer online medical, spiritual consultation

People need someone to talk to — online or over-the-phone conversations can help boost spirits

Rights group warns of coronavirus ‘tinderbox’ in Myanmar displacement camps

Years of 'conflict, abuse, and neglect' leave most vulnerable in peril

Cardinal Zen blasts WHO for ‘pathetically shying away’ from Taiwan’s coronavirus...

Former bishop of Hong Kong questions whether WHO can be trusted

Philippines gets act together, races to open quarantine centers

Officials hope the new quarantine facilities and dormitories, and expanded testing capacity, will help defuse social tensions

Philippine bishops call for day of prayer for front-line workers

Church leaders urge dioceses and parishes to assist health workers by providing facilities for them to go home to, some place for rest and sleep, and meals

In the Philippines, sick lawmakers skirt quarantine as cops threaten to...

Lockdown further underlines massive divide between rich and poor

Philippine churches back calls for mass testing of COVID-19

Church leaders call for priority testing of vulnerable sectors, especially those living in poor communities

Filipino community workers cope to support women amid pandemic

Aside from maternal and family planning, the clinics also provide reproductive health services for adolescents and counseling for victims of violence against women

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