75 Years of PPS: Running Strong – Virtual Run
Hello to all!
Inviting everyone to join this very first ever virtual fun run of the PPS. Run or walk at your own pace between April 30 to May 5 12 noon, anywhere (treadmill included). Join by downloading the Pinoy Fitness Atleta app, register and log in.
Look for the PPS poster and click. Pick a distance, 1k 3k, 5k, 10k, 21k and use a smart watch, cellphone or fit bit with a runner’s app (see details in the PF platform, and the video post of Dra Josie E earlier) to record your run or walk. Upload to PF for documentation and for raffle prizes. Winners per category are not based on speed. Registration is for free and open to the general public.
Please support this activity. We will be asking your help to support our advocacies, Piso para sa Skolar and for Mental Health and Wellness projects of the PPS. Invite your friends, relatives and co-runners, walking buddies! Take photos of yourself and your co runners while doing the run or walk. We will update you on which social media platforms to upload your photos. Special prizes will be awarded.
Tara na! Sali na! Salamat po!
Philippine Pediatric COVID-19 Living Clinical Practice Guidelines
The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted a global crisis and has affected millions of people worldwide. With the evolution of the different variants of concern, the incidence of COVID-19 in the pediatric population has risen. The Surveillance and Analysis of COVID-19 in Children Nationwide (Salvacion) Registry, developed by the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) and the Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS), has reported 2,127 cases as of December 31, 2021, with 89.5% requiring hospitalization and 40.5% with moderate to critical disease severity.
Given the magnitude of the impact of COVID-19, with most of the clinical recommendations available designed towards adult patients, there was an urgent need for clinicians, public health officials and the government to also prioritize evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the pediatric population. Hence, the development of the Philippine Pediatric COVID-19 Living Clinical Practice Guidelines was conceptualized. This independent project, funded and supported by the PPS and PIDSP, aimed to formulate up to date, evidence-based recommendations on the treatment, diagnosis, infection prevention and control of COVID-19 in children. The development process followed the Manual for Clinical Practice Guideline Development of the Department of Health and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Approach. The pediatric recommendations can be found in the last section of the Philippine COVID-19 Living Clinical Practice Guidelines.
PPS Online Election Announcement
SB Oral Examination Results
The following examinees PASSED the Specialty Board Oral Certifying Examinations for DIPLOMATE given on March 15 and 27, 2022.
SB Written Examination Results
The following examinees PASSED the Specialty Board Written Examinations for DIPLOMATE given on March 13, 2022.
PPS Annual Awards and Criteria
The Philippine Pediatric Society, Inc. through the Committee on Awards hereby announces the deadline for submission of nominations to the following categories which should be received at the PPS Building on or before April 1, 2022.
Republic Act No. 11648
As of March 4, 2022,
Republic Act No. 11648 has been signed into law
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STRONGER PROTECTION AGAINST RAPE AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE, INCREASING THE AGE FOR DETERMINING THE COMMISSION OF STATUTORY RAPE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE REVISED PENAL CODE,” REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8353, ALSO KNOWN AS “THE ANTI-RAPE LAW OF 1997,” AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION ACT”
PCAP CPG 2021
The PAPP-PIDSP Task Force on Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia is proud to inform you that the final version of the PCAP CPG 2021 is now available for download on the PAPP website: https://papp.org.ph/pcap-resources/
