Webinar #43 | “Dagdag Stress sa COVID-19: May Dagdag Suweldo ba ang Frontliners?”
Channel: TVUP
Date: 2021-03-04

The University of the Philippines 
in partnership with UP Manila NIH National Telehealth Center  
and in cooperation with UP Philippine General Hospital 
would like to invite you to join the Fight Against COVID-19! 

Webinar #43 “Dagdag Stress sa COVID-19: May Dagdag Suweldo ba ang Frontliners?”  
March 5, 2021 (Friday) 12nn 

Presenter: 
Dr. Ernesto Pernia 
Professor Emeritus, University of the Philippines 
Former Secretary, National Economic and Development Authority 

Reactors: 

Dr. Carlo Panelo 
Professor, Dept. of Clinical Epidemiology 
UP College of Medicine 

Dr. Rafael Marfori 
Assistant Program Leader 
Philippine Primary Care Studies 

Dr. Carlos Naval 
Private Practitioner 
Galileo SurgiCenter 

Opening Remarks: 
Dr. Lisa Bersales 
VP for Finance 
University of the Philippines System 

Closing Remarks: 
Dr. Carmencita D. Padilla 
Chancellor 
University of the Philippines Manila

Webinar #43 “Dagdag Stress sa COVID-19: May Dagdag Suweldo ba ang mga Frontliners?” 

Special Topic 
Eleven months into the pandemic and frontliners are suffering from stress, fatigue and burn-out from  working long hours under challenging conditions. Filipino health workers in other parts of the world have  been hailed for their heroism and perseverance where others have given up. Both within and outside of the  country we have seen severe illness and death of frontline Filipino workers. And yet, compensation  packages for health workers have remained the same. 

The COVID-19 pandemic magnified the unacceptably low level of investments in the public health  system. When this pandemic started, we didn't have testing labs, bedspace or even PPE's for an infectious  disease outbreak of this magnitude. At the heart of the crisis is a shortage of health human resources, and  the embarrassingly and relatively low wages given to frontline workers compared to neighboring countries  in the ASEAN and the rest of the world. 

The introduction of vaccines against COVID-19 provides a glimmer of hope and a promise of a better level  of protection for our health workers. But beyond this, it is an opportune time to revisit the urgent and  strategic requirements to maintain a healthy and well-compensated health workforce not just for this  pandemic but for future outbreaks. In this webinar we will talk about compensation packages for health  care workers not just for the pandemic but for current and future needs to achieve universal health  coverage. 

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