Roots of Health Archives

World Contraception Day (September 26, 2018)

Sep 27, 2018 09:54 am Amina Evangelista Swanepoel

September 26 is World Contraception Day. It is a day to highlight the enormous benefit that contracept...

Jul 25, 2018Jul 25, 2018 12:00 pm Amina Evangelista Swanepoel

In a stunning grab for power, hours before President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address, Congress...

Jul 11, 2018 02:55 pm Amina Evangelista Swanepoel

My organization, Roots of Health, provides reproductive healthcare to women and young people. Our free...

May 3, 2018May 4, 2018 03:06 pm Amina Evangelista Swanepoel

I was in the Ugat ng Kalusugan clinic this morning and overheard one of my colleagues speaking wit...

Apr 8, 2018Apr 8, 2018 06:15 pm Palawan News

Over a thousand residents of typhoon-ravaged Mangsee Island in Balabac have received hygiene kits and ...

Mar 6, 2018Mar 7, 2018 04:27 pm Dr. Susan Evangelista

On Thursday, February 21, Palawan resident and social entrepreneur Amina Evangelista Swanepoel became ...

Jan 4, 2018 02:18 pm Amina Evangelista Swanepoel

Happy New Year to you all! As I’ve often mentioned, I run a civil society organization here in Palaw...

Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017 08:34 pm Hanna Camella Talabucon

As part of the HIV case – awareness day, the municipal health office (MHO) together with the loc...

Nov 2, 2017 03:09 pm Amina Evangelista Swanepoel

My organization, Roots of Health (rootsofhealth.org) provides free contraceptives to women, men and yo...

Feb 2, 2017Feb 4, 2017 02:22 pm Dr. Susan Evangelista

More than 100 parents were already gathered in the mini-gym of Panitian National High School when we a...