{"id":18884,"date":"2026-02-27T01:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18884"},"modified":"2026-02-27T01:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:11:04","slug":"villar-probes-alarming-rise-of-chronic-kidney-cases-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/villar-probes-alarming-rise-of-chronic-kidney-cases-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"VILLAR PROBES ALARMING RISE OF CHRONIC KIDNEY CASES IN THE PHILIPPINES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SENATOR <\/strong><strong>Mark Villar expressed grave concern over a looming public health crisis in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He filed Senate Resolution No. 313 calling for an urgent inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the Philippines, especially among the youth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAyon sa Department of Health, pabata nang pabata ang tinatamaan ng CKD sa bansa. May reports din po tayong natatanggap na nine years old pa lang ay may malubhang sakit na agad sa bato,\u201d Villar stressed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Although the country has measures that aim to address CKD, there are still observable gaps that should be addressed. The introduction of ultra-processed foods and changes in people\u2019s diets call for new approaches to prevent the rise of this chronic disease.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNaghain po tayo ng resolution na ito dahil naniniwala tayo na sa panahon ngayon, hindi na lang dapat basta reactive ang ating mga hakbang laban sa CKD,\u201d Villar added.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Villar seeks to review the government\u2019s current programs and interventions concerning CKD, from its awareness campaigns to the actual support it gives to patients undergoing treatment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cGusto natin na mas magkaroon ang gobyerno ng napapanahon na solusyon sa CKD. We would like to be more proactive in preventing and detecting the disease while fully supporting those who are undergoing treatments,\u201d Villar\u00a0 said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SENATOR Mark Villar expressed grave concern over a looming public health crisis in the country. He filed Senate Resolution No. 313 calling for an urgent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18884"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18887,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18884\/revisions\/18887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}