The Philippines Public Health Development Project The Philippines Public Health Development Project The Republic of Philippines is the island country which is located in the Western Pacific Ocean and has more than 7,000 islands. The population is around 6.6 million.
Tuberculosis is still major public health problem in the philippines.
6.6 per 1,000 population according to the prevalence survey which was conducted in 1981 to 1983. In 1994, the notification rate of all forms of tuberculosis was still very high such as 272 per 100,000 population. For those activities, Japanese government provided necessary equipment, dispatched Japanese experts and invited counter part to Japan for training.