![\"\"](\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/1-2.jpg\")
<\/p>\nA \u00a51.85 billion (P826 million) program by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed yesterday could spark an improvement in the country\u2019s war on drugs.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
DOH BREAKS GROUND AT A TREATMENT AND REHAB CENTER IN BUKIDNON. P826 million will go a long way towards helping the country\u2019s drug dependents recover from addiction and be reintegrated into society.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Dubbed as the \u201cConsolidated Rehabilitation on Illegal Drug Users (CARE),\u201d the program is aligned with the government\u2019s priorities against illegal drugs and seeks to establish and enhance drug rehabilitation facilities and establish treatment protocols of drug dependents in the country.<\/p>\n \u201cCARE aims to provide an opportunity for drug dependents to reduce the risk of relapse, walk through a path or recovery and integrate them back into society,\u201d said Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a long standing friend and development partner of the Philippines, JICA supports DOH towards working for a common vision of a drug-free society,\u201d said JICA chief representative Susumu Ito.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough this development cooperation we aim to help provide rehabilitation support for drug dependents so eventually they can integrate themselves back into society,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Should this program be successful, it will aid the current administration\u2019s war on drugs. More than half of the country\u2019s drug dependents are unemployed, and with the DOH only having 44 accredited facilities across the country, the investment from JICA will go a long way towards addressing the country\u2019s problem with drug dependents.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image grabbed from Department of Health (Philippines) on Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/a>, The Philippine Star<\/a>, BusinessWorld Online<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A \u00a51.85 billion (P826 million) program by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed yesterday could spark an improvement in the country\u2019s war on drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/1-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15257,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15254\/revisions\/15257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}