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FUJIFILM Philippines, Inc. (FFPH) is scaling up its efforts to help eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in the country through a series of medical missions focused on early detection and management, using its portable X-ray system, the FDR Xair. In partnership with TBPeople Philippines, Macare Medicals, Inc., and Qure AI, FFPH has recently conducted TB screening missions in Silang, Cavite; New San Dionisio Village and Rotary Homes in Parañaque; Pasig City General Hospital; Binangonan, Rizal; and Tondo, Manila. The company plans to expand these initiatives to more communities nationwide. “Fujifilm’s approach to ending TB centers on community engagement and empowerment,” said Masahiro Uehara, President of FFPH. “By collaborating closely with affected communities, local healthcare providers, and non-government organizations, we ensure our TB interventions are culturally appropriate, equitable, and sustainable.”  As a comprehensive healthcare solutions provider, Fujifilm develops technologies ...

OIC Secretary of Health – Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire and Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. present the PAAP-TB document The Department of Health (DOH) has launched the Philippine Acceleration Action Plan for Tuberculosis (PAAP-TB), a multisectoral initiative to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) in the country by 2035. The DOH together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), through the PAAP-TB aims to provide wider access to health services, and improved education and public information, social protection, and labor protection to eradicate TB by 2030. Tuberculosis is a chronic communicable disease that comes second only to COVID-19 as a leading cause of mortality from a single infectious organism. According to the Global TB Report 2022, the disease accounted for 1.6 million deaths in 2021. In a ...