{"id":3506,"date":"2010-02-19T10:54:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=3506"},"modified":"2010-02-19T10:54:28","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T15:54:28","slug":"praisebarefoot-doctors-inquirer-net-philippine-news-for-filipinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/19\/praisebarefoot-doctors-inquirer-net-philippine-news-for-filipinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Praise::Barefoot doctors – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got this from jayson through facebook. In some ways I can no longer be impartial about this issue primarily because whenever emotions are involved the mind almost always takes a backseat. I was bale to see the interview of one of the children, of one of the doctors who were jailed.\u00a0 The words were something like “Para na nga sa amin , kukunin pa para itulong sa ibang tao..” said in a tone equal parts admiration and hurt.\u00a0 Ewan , hope more people are as selfless as those doctors , rebels or not.<\/p>\n

Barefoot doctors <\/span>
\nBy Michael Tan<\/span>
\nPhilippine Daily Inquirer<\/span>
\nFirst Posted 22:20:00 02\/16\/2010<\/span>
\nFiled Under: Health<\/a>, Human Rights<\/a>, Prison<\/a><\/span>
\nMANILA, Philippines\u2014The rain on a health workers\u2019 training workshop in Morong, Rizal, and the arrest of 43 health professionals and workers continue to be front-page news.
\nThe other night on the TV program \u201cCrossroads,\u201d Lt. Col. Noel Detoyato, spokesperson of the Armed Forces\u2019 2nd Infantry Division, noted that the workshop participants generally had low educational attainment, and cited this as one reason why they were suspected as subversives. Detoyato even enumerated the participants\u2019 educational profile: 5 had elementary education, 4 were elementary graduates, 7 had high school education, 12 were high school graduates, 5 had college education and 4 were college graduates. He then mentioned that one of the participants had only finished first grade, and that this person was wanted for murder.
\nThe colonel\u2019s revelations reflect society\u2019s prejudice against people who have had little formal education. \u201cUneducated\u201d means ignorant, with connotations of the criminal and the subversive. Moreover, in this case of the health workers, there is the insinuation that the \u201cuneducated\u2019 (read the poor) couldn\u2019t become health workers.
\nYet for nearly half a century now, there has been a quiet global revolution going on, where people with minimal education have become excellent community health workers. In the Philippines, such training dates back to the early 1970s, when Filipino health professionals put up community-based health programs (CBHPs) with community health worker (CW) training as its centerpiece.
\nThe Filipino CBHPs drew inspiration from China\u2019s health care system, one which built upwards from the communes and villages. A hallmark of the Chinese system was the training of barefoot doctors, so-called because many had minimal formal education. Yet, with training of six months to a year the barefoot doctors could handle many of the most important health needs in their villages. Some eventually went on to medical school. One of them, Chen Zhu, rose through the ranks to become minister of health.
\nvia Barefoot doctors – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Got this from jayson through facebook. In some ways I can no longer be impartial about this issue primarily because whenever emotions are involved the mind almost always takes a backseat. I was bale to see the interview of one of the children, of one of the doctors who were jailed.\u00a0 The words were something … <\/p>\n

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