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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang paninindigan ng PH gov’t sa industriya ng tabako, novel products
Tumaas ang tensyon sa pagitan ng Department of Health (DOH) at ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sa ikasiyam na sesyon ng Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). Hindi nagkasundo ang dalawang ahensya ng gobyerno sa mga pangunahing isyu na kinasasangkutan ng novel tobacco products.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The PH gov’t stance on tobacco industry, novel products
Tensions ran high between the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) during the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The two government agencies did not see eye to eye on key issues involving novel tobacco products.
DOH, DFA at loggerheads on tobacco issue in global health meet
As one of the 10 co-heads of the Philippine delegation in the ongoing virtual Conference of the Parties 9 (COP9) of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in Geneva, Switzerland, Locsin described tobacco use as useful and beneficial because “taxes on a vice are called salutary.”
Three govt agencies put pressure on Congress to scrap bill on vapes, e-cigarettes
The Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) joined medical practitioners and youth leaders on Wednesday in asking Congress to reject the bill that seeks to lower the age of persons who can buy, use or sell vapes and electronic cigarettes.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Go DID NOT remove Robredo, Duque from office
Robredo does not hold any Cabinet post from which she can be removed. In the case of Duque, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go only advised him during a Senate blue ribbon committee hearing to address the findings of the Commission on Audit on the "deficiencies" in the Department of Health's (DOH) handling of the pandemic.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Duque is NOT going to jail over the COA-flagged P67B DOH funds
There is no report of any imprisonment as there are no cases filed against the health secretary, although the Senate blue ribbon committee and the House committee on public accounts began last month separate inquiries into the DOH's handling of COVID-19 multi-billion funds following a recent Commission on Audit (COA) report flagging “deficiencies” in the agency’s pandemic budget.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that DOH does not monitor vaccine-related deaths FALSE
The DOH does track fatalities and serious adverse effects following immunization.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB posts MISLEAD; AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine no longer suspended in PH
The posts failed to mention that the news clip is nearly two months old, and that the DOH has already resumed the inoculation of Vaxzevria for all age groups since May 7.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of DOH-WHO press briefing NOT RECENT
The image is a year old.
