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On Jan 25, 2020 eighty (80) participants attended a day long forum and workshop, “Building Strong and Resilient Families in the Filipino Community”. The event sponsored by the Calgary Catholic Immigrant Services (CCIS) and Filipino Working Group on Healthy Family Relationships, the first of its kind in Alberta, was held at the Kerby Centre in downtown Calgary.
The diversity of the crowd created interesting discussions and interactions. Participants composed of Filipino lawyers, immigration consultant, clergies, men in uniform, community leaders, academe, social workers, government representative, non-Filipino (other ethnic) leaders/observers and one rep from Diaryo Alberta. The energy, power and synergy of the group tackled the following findings: Filipinos rank highest among the different cultural communities with reported cases of involvement with Children’s Services. Child protection concerns are physical abuse (46%), emotional injury (44%), neglect (7%) and sexual abuse (3%.). Filipino family issues related to child abuse are domestic violence (41%), inappropriate discipline (22%), parent’s mental health (14%), child’s mental health (11%), and meth/substance addiction (12%). For those who got involved in domestic violence, 50% have sponsorship while the other 50% do not have sponsorship. No. of Filipino fathers who attended the mandatory court Counselling program: 2016 – 15 dads; 2017 38 dads; 2018 – 31 dads; 2019 – 61 dads (data From Immigrant Services Calgary Men’s Counselling Program). The picture
Media’s role is pivotal to spreading and sustaining this initiative.
above is just the tip of the iceberg.
The following objectives were formulated to address the above concerns. 1. To build awareness and education on children and family welfare. 2) To create actions on the issues related to children abuse and family violence in the Filipino community; and 3) To build a community of people who are ready to act on the identified issues.
After two workshops led by seasoned facilitators participants drafted lists of doable plans. For copy of the report / plans, and those who desire to lend a hand contact Edwin Chavez | Community Broker, Cultural Brokerage Program. CCIS at 403.817.6480 | www. ccisab.ca
Now, what? This kind of initiative is what the community needs. Start and spread the conversation about the issue (and others like mental health, abuse, racism, etc). Many groups, clubs and organizations delved more on magnifying their goodness, success, look/beauty, accomplishments and vanity. One downside is the gap it creates between the common people and the ones trying to be in the upper class. It spawns social stratification that leads to more social issues. allbertans.ca
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Remarks by Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme at media briefing on COVID-19 on 13 February 2020 February 2020 WHO Geneva News release
Good afternoon everyone and apologies for being late, and apologies too from Dr Tedros, who is just about to land in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where he is following up on important Ebola matters and meeting with President Tshisekdi and many others to look at the future post-Ebola of the health system in Congo. I’m sure you’ll understand how important a task and mission that is given the last year-and-a-half in Congo and the ongoing struggles in that country to deliver effective healthcare and reduce suffering and mortality from infectious diseases. Let me start by updating you on the latest numbers. In the last 24 hours China has reported 1,820 laboratory-confirmed cases, bringing the total to 46,550. In addition, China re- ported 13,332 clinically confirmed cases in Hubei province, and crucially, we understand that most of these cases relate to a period going back over days and weeks and are retrospectively reported as cases, sometimes back to the beginning of the outbreak itself. So this increase that you’ve all seen in the last 24 hours is largely down to a change in how cases are being diagnosed and reported. So, in other words, in Hubei province only, a trained medical professional can now classify a suspected case of COVID-19 as a clinically confirmed case on the basis of chest imaging, rather than having to have a laboratory confirmation. This allows clinicians to move and report cases more quickly, not having to wait for lab confirmation, ensuring that people get to clinical care more quickly, and also allows public health responses in terms of contact tracing and other important public health measures to be initiated. As you’ve noticed with suspect cases, there have been some backlogs in testing and this is also going to help ensure that people get adequate care and adequate public health measures can be taken. So we are not dealing, from what we understand, with a spike in cases of 14,000 on one day. To an extent this is an artefact of the reporting and we are working with our colleagues in China, and our team there are working very hard to see exactly how many days and weeks and how those numbers are spread across those days and weeks. In the rest of China and the rest of the world, laboratory confirmation for reporting is still required. WHO will continue to track both laboratory and clinically-confirmed cases in Hubei province. We’ve seen this spike in the number of cases reported in China, but this does not represent a significant change in the trajectory of the outbreak. Outside China, there are 447 cases from 24 other countries, and now two deaths. In addition to the death in the Philippines, there is now one more death in Japan. We have said consistently that we need to be cautious when drawing conclusions from daily reported numbers. I think we were having that discussion yesterday and I think the numbers today speak to that. We need to be very careful when interpreting any extremes. Be it in incubation period, be it in daily numbers, we must take all numbers into account, we must look at all numbers seriously but we also must try and interpret what those numbers mean and not react directly to the number itself. The number of countries reporting cases has still not changed and outside the cases on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, we’re not seeing a dramatic increase in transmission outside China. That is the current pic- ture. We’re still saying to governments around the world that we still have an opportunity to prepare for the potential spread of the virus. Regarding the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is currently quarantined in Yokohama, 218 passengers have tested
positive for the virus, which does represent the largest cluster of COVID-19 cases outside China. This morning, I briefed health ministers from the European Union, convened by Croatia, the presidency, about COVID-19 and our teams are working with govern- ments and partners of the European Union to ensure that the latest information is disseminated, that preparations are made and there’s good coordination between ourselves and the European Union and our WHO Regional Office for Europe.
Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus Source: WHO Wash your hands frequently Wash your hands fre- quently with soap and wa- ter or use an alcohol-based hand rub if your hands are not visibly dirty. Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub eliminates the virus if it is on your hands. Practice respiratory hygiene When coughing and sneezing, cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – discard tissue immediately into a closed bin and clean your hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water. Why? Covering your mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing prevent the spread of germs and viruses. If you sneeze or cough into your hands, you may contami- nate objects or people that you touch. Maintain social distancing Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and other people, particularly those who are coughing, sneezing and have a fever. Why? When someone who is infected with a respiratory disease, like 2019-nCoV, coughs or sneezes they project small droplets containing the virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the virus. Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth Why? Hands touch many surfaces which can be contaminated with the virus. If you touch your eyes, nose or mouth with your contaminated hands, you can transfer the virus from the surface to yourself. If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical care early Tell your health care pro- vider if you have traveled in an area in China where 2019-nCoV has been reported, or if you have been in close contact with someone with who has traveled from China and has respiratory symptoms. Why? Whenever you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing it’s important to seek medical attention promptly as this may be due to a respiratory infection or other serious condition. Respiratory symptoms with fever can have a range of causes, and depending on your personal travel history and circumstances, 2019-nCoV could be one of them. If you have mild respiratory symptoms and no travel history to or within China If you have mild respira- tory symptoms and no travel history to or within China, carefully practice basic respiratory and hand hygiene and stay home until you are recovered, if possible. As a general precaution, practice general hygiene
And we very much welcome the strong support from the European Union in supporting countries with weaker health sys- tems and ensuring that other countries have the investment and support needed to prepare for the arrival of the virus. In terms of the inter- national mission, the advanced team and their Chinese counterparts have now finalized the scope of work and design of the mission and we expect the rest of the international team to start arriving in China over the weekend. Thank you.
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Ensure regular hand washing with soap and potable water after touching animals and animal products; avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth with hands; and avoid contact with sick animals or spoiled animal products. Strictly avoid any contact with other animals in the market (e.g., stray cats and dogs, rodents, birds, bats). Avoid contact with potentially contaminated animal waste or fluids on the soil or structures of shops and market facilities. Avoid consumption of raw or undercooked animal products
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Alberta Health Services (AHS) continues to deliver on its promise of being accessible and available to all Albertans. AHS recently added 8 additional languages when delivering important health information to the diverse Albertan population. Alberta Health Services’ commitment to increasing access has been an enduring priority. Over the past year, 1.2 million minutes of telephone interpretation services were provided to patients across Alberta in 81 languages. AHS has expanded video remote interpretation in 35 languages. AHS has been deemed as the largest user of professional medical interpretation In Canada. And now, AHS launches this new initiative of bringing health information in 8 languages in the AHS website. These are Arabic, simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Punjabi, Spanish, Tigrinya and Vietnamese.
8 Additional Languages to Help Build Better Access to Health information of Diverse Albertans According to AHS.
This move has been heavily supported by the new Health Minister Tyler Shandro. As noted by Minister Shandro, “The provincial health system should be accessible to all Albertans, no matter their first language, ethnicity or background. Providing translated information online reflects the diversity of Albertans and helps meet the needs of the patients and families. I am pleased to see this new content added to the AHS website.”
The new translated health information provides details on:
- Accessing interpreters and health advice in 240 languages by phoning Health Link (811)
- Emergency department wait times - Knowing care options
- How to access services in languages other than English across the health system
AHS, along with the support of Minister Shan- dro, proudly points out that this initiative is part of the many projects that is being undertaken in the effort to increase health access to the diverse Alber- tan population.
Building Strong and Resilient Families in the Filipino Community, January 25, 2020, at the Kerby Centre
Around 80 leaders from the Filipino community and guests gathered on January 25, 2020, at the Kerby Centre to discuss how to prevent child abuse and family violence by building strong and resil- ient families. The event was organized by the Cal- gary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) and Filipino Working Group on Healthy Family Relationships. Objectives of the event were to build awareness and education on chil- dren and family welfare; to create actions on the issues related to children abuse and family violence in the Filipino community; and to build a community of people who are ready to take action on the identified issues.
It was first time for the Filipino community in Calgary to discuss child abuse and family violence issue The forum workshop was participated in by representatives from various community organizations; Service organizations; Church and faith-based groups: Media: Filipino lawyers, Academe and community members. Eight action themes 2. Youth to create pro- grams on mental health and healthy family rela- tionships To create youth-oriented programs to address the issue
3. Legal and media practi- tioners to provide support. Filipino lawyers To write blogs on legal matters related to immi- gration and family rela- tions
4. Creating and strengthen- ing support networks from community groups and organizations To internally educate community organizations and groups about child protection, parenting,
5. Use of arts, theatre and other artistic media to raise awareness on prevention and creating safe and creative spaces
6. A faith-based platform for DV Prevention Sermon series on family violence issues
7. Capacity building and policy development To build awareness on Ca- nadian laws, systems and expectations
Vice Consul LV Ignacio De Guzman delivers PCG’s strong support to the movement.
Atty Anthony L. Po presented his idea during the Forum on Domestic Vio- lence, Jan. 25, 2020, Kerby Centre, Calgary).
