Manila, July 15, 2021 — On July 15, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) John Law officially turned over 420 intensive care unit (ICU) beds, valued at Php23.9 million ($498,000), to Philippine Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III at the Department of Health compound. The donation, provided by the U.S. Indo-Pacific ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 15 July, 2021 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: COVID-19, COVID-19 assistance, Department of Health, DOH, Philippine Department of Health (DOH), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Manila, June 25, 2021— The United States government, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), handed over 20,000 bottles of HIV prevention drugs, or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), to the Philippine Department of Health (DOH). The June 25 handover coincided with the formal launch of the Php500 million ($10.3 million) USAID-PEPFAR program in the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 25 June, 2021 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: AIDS, HIV, PEPFAR, Philippine Department of Health (DOH), USAID, USAID Philippines
Manila, November 19, 2020 – Through the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. government, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) launched on Wednesday, November 18 the first-ever project on “Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on At-Risk Communities” in the Philippines in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 19 November, 2020 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine Department of Health (DOH), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Manila, September 28, 2020 — The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) signed a new, five-year bilateral assistance agreement valued at more than Php10.5 billion ($213 million) to boost the country’s economic development and growth. This agreement enables USAID and the Philippines to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 28 September, 2020 | Topics: Embassy, Events, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Department of Education, Department of Finance, National Economic Development Authority, Philippine Department of Health (DOH), USAID, USAID Philippines
Manila, September 17, 2020 — U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim today visited the Delpan Quarantine Facility in Tondo, Manila, to hand over 5,000 hygiene kits and 16 handwashing stations to Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno in support of the city government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. “The U.S. government is a friend, partner, and ally of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 17 September, 2020 | Topics: Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: COVID-19, Philippine Department of Health (DOH), USAID, USAID Philippines
Manila, August 28, 2020 — The United States donated 100 new, state-of-the-art ventilators and associated supplies to the Philippines to assist its fight against COVID-19. U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, and Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque led the handover of the ventilators at Malacañang Palace on Friday, August 28. The donation ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 28 August, 2020 | Topics: Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: COVID-19, Philippine Department of Health (DOH), U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State, USAID, USAID Philippines
Manila, July 27, 2020 – U.S. Army and Marine Corps service members delivered an additional Php11.4 million ($230,600) in personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies to hospitals in 11 cities across the Philippines, working in partnership with the Philippine Air Force, Army, and Coast Guard. This new donation brings total U.S. government COVID-19 assistance ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 27 July, 2020 | Topics: Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: COVID-19, Office of Civil Defense, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Army, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Department of Health (DOH), U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps
Manila, May 19, 2020 – Service members from the U.S. Army, Marines, and Air Force delivered over Php10 million ($203,000) in personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies to hospitals in ten provinces across the Philippines, working in partnership with the Philippine Coast Guard, Army, Marines, and Air Force. This new donation brings total U.S. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 19 May, 2020 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines | Tags: #FriendsPartnersAllies, Air Force, COVID-19, philippine coast, Philippine Department of Health (DOH), U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marines
Manila, March 17, 2020 — The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines announced today that the U.S. government has committed more than Php139 million ($2.7 million) to support the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) in its response to COVID-19 in the country. The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will collaborate with ...
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By U.S. Embassy Manila | 17 March, 2020 | Topics: Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Philippines, U.S. Agencies | Tags: COVID-19, DOH, Philippine Department of Health (DOH), USAID, USAID Philippines
