Website promoting health literacy launched

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday launched a website aimed at educating the public about healthier lifestyle choices and the government’s COVID-19 response.

The Healthy Pilipinas website can be accessed via healthypilipinas.ph.

“There is a need to provide timely and accurate health information, especially now, not just because of the pandemic, but because it is too easy to be misinformed on social media,” said Dr. Beverly Lorraine Ho, concurrent director of the department’s Health Promotion Bureau and Disease Prevention and Control Bureau.

"The Healthy Pilipinas website will be a credible source that you can turn to."

The website features the Seven Healthy Habits campaign that teaches the public different health-promoting actions and behaviors.

It is also linked to the COVID-19 and ResBakuna campaign pages of the main DOH website for unified messaging and information regarding the pandemic and vaccination efforts.

The website will also try to enable supportive environments for health promotion through tips, articles, and downloadable materials for local implementers.

The DOH partnered with the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the project. — Jiselle Anne Casucian/VBL, GMA News