We are nearing the end of this calendar year but our community is still at full steam ahead in achieving milestones!
Child abuse became an even bigger problem during this pandemic. To remedy this, our very own PGH Child Protection Unit Head Dr. Bernadette Madrid who is also executive director of Child protection Network Foundation, partnered with UNICEF and set up the TeleCPUs in the Barangay project. PGH child protection services are now made available in 39 satellite barangays in Metro Manila and the province of Cavite. This remarkable feat is programmed to expand across the nation.
Last October 29, we commemorated our 39th year of being renamed UP Manila and 42nd anniversary as an autonomous Health Sciences Center with a moving virtual celebration. Dr. Cornelio Banaag, a nationally renowned psychiatrist, was the inspirational guest speaker and he tackled the mental health impact of the pandemic. This was followed by the ceremony honoring the ten Gawad Chancellor awardees. It was indeed a heartwarming occasion.
The University of the Philippines continue to soar high in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the 2021 edition, landing at the 401 to 500 bracket. In the clinical, pre-clinical, and health rankings, UP’s citation scores were very high such that we were in the 121-150 bracket for this subject! Much of this high citation rating is attributed to the high research productivity and integrity of UP Manila researchers in the clinical, pre-clinical, and health areas.
Lastly, in this issue of Healthscape, the College of Nursing’s Honor Society is featured being chartered as the Alpha Alpha Phi chapter of the world society Sigma Organization. Sigma is a prestigious society and membership here will benefit our nursing trainees and graduates tremendously.
We do not know when this pandemic will end, but let us approach the future with hope and fortitude. Our community has withstood the onslaught of coronavirus; and with God’s grace, we have been strengthened to face whatever challenges there are tomorrow!
Published in UP Manila Healthscape (Special COVID-19 Issue No. 33, November 2021)
1. Ending child abuse through barangay TeleCPU
2. The 2021 Gawad Chancellor Awardees honored during the foundation celebration
3. UPM honors awardees and retirees, highlights pandemic mental health
5. UP Honor Society of Nursing chartered into the Sigma Alpha Alpha Phi Chapter
