Central Philippine University is a private research university located in Jaro,Iloilo City,Philippines. Established in 1905 through the benevolent grant of the American industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller as the Jaro Industrial School and Bible School under the supervision of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society,it is the first Baptist and second-American founded university in the Philippines and Asia.
West Visayas State University is a public normal research university located in La Paz,Iloilo City,Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It was established in 1924 as Iloilo Normal School under the tutelage of the Thomasites,but dates back its founding in 1902 as a part of Philippine normal school system with Iloilo National High School established by the American colonial government. It later became West Visayas State College in 1965 and acquired its university status becoming West Visayas State University in 1986.
Francisco Tiongson Duque III is a Filipino physician and government official who served as Secretary of Health in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2017 to 2022,a position he had previously held from 2005 to 2009 in the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. From 2010 to 2015,he served as the chair of the Civil Service Commission.
Jose Corteza Locsin was a Filipino medical doctor and senator.
The 2009 flu pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the Philippines on May 21,2009. In the following days,several local cases were reported to be caused by contact with two infected Taiwanese women who attended a wedding ceremony in Zambales.
The Iloilo Mission Hospital,referred to as CPU–IMH,IMH,or Mission,is a private tertiary,academic,teaching hospital in Jaro,Iloilo City,Philippines,managed and operated as the university hospital of Central Philippine University. It was established in 1901 by American missionary doctor Joseph Andrew Hall as "the first Protestant and American-founded hospital in the country".
The Central Philippine University College of Medicine,also referred to as CPU COM,CPU College of Medicine,CPU ColMed or CPU Medicine,is the medical school of Central Philippine University,a private university in Iloilo City,Philippines. Established in 2002 and opened in 2003 with its first dean,Dr. Glenn A. M. Catedral,it is one of the youngest colleges and academic units of the university.
Brett P. Giroir is an American pediatrician. He was formerly the U.S. assistant secretary for health,a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and an acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner.
The Central Philippine University College of Nursing,also known as CPU CON or CPU College of Nursing,is a department within Central Philippine University,a private university in Iloilo City,Philippines. It was established in 1906 as the Union Mission Hospital Training School for Nurses as the first nursing school in the Philippines.
Atty. Carlo Petilla Loreto is the former vice governor of Leyte from 2013 until 2022. He is a lawyer by profession and is an advocate of environmental and humanitarian concerns. He is also the national vice-president in the League of Vice-Governors of the Philippines (LVGP) for Visayas. He is the former national president in the Provincial Board Members League of the Philippines and national secretary general of the National Movement of Young Legislators (NYML). He also holds various positions in different organizations and committees.
The Dengvaxia controversy occurred in the Philippines when the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia was found to increase the risk of disease severity for some people who had received it.
Sean Patrick Conley is an American physician and United States Navy officer who served as the Physician to the President from 2018 to 2021. Conley served as physician to president Donald Trump during the COVID-19 pandemic,often serving as the president's medical advisor,and treating the president when he tested positive for COVID-19.
Oscar "Richard" Serag Garin Jr. is a Filipino politician and civil engineer serving as the mayor of Miagao since 2022. He was previously the Representative of Iloilo's 1st district,Vice Governor of Iloilo,member of Iloilo's provincial board,and Mayor of Guimbal.
2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2020. The year is largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic that caused the national economy to go into recession would continued until the state of public health emergency was lifted in the country on July 22,2023.
Bonnie J. Fraser Henry is a Canadian physician and public servant who has been the provincial health officer at the British Columbia Ministry of Health since 2014. Henry is also a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia. She is a specialist in public health and preventive medicine,and is a family doctor. In her role as provincial health officer,Henry notably led the response to COVID-19 in British Columbia (BC).
Iloilo's 1st congressional district is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the municipalities of Guimbal,Igbaras,Miagao,Oton,San Joaquin,Tigbauan and Tubungan. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Janette Garin of the Lakas–CMD.
Mandy Krauthamer Cohen is an American internist,public health official,and healthcare executive serving as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since July 10,2023. She was previously the executive vice president at Aledade and chief executive officer of Aledade Care Solution,a healthcare company.
The White House COVID-19 outbreak was a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infections that began in September 2020 and ended in January 2021 that spread among people,including many U.S. government officials,who were in close contact during the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington,D.C. Numerous high-profile individuals were infected,including then President Donald Trump,who was hospitalized for three days. At least 48 White House staff members or associates,closely working with White House personnel,tested positive for the virus. The White House resisted efforts to engage in contact tracing,leaving it unclear how many people were infected in total and what the origins of the spread were.
