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Top causes of death, according to the World Health Organization report for the calendar year 2001: [6] Causes of death in developing countries. Number of deaths. Causes of death in developed countries. Number of deaths. HIV-AIDS. 2,678,000. Ischaemic heart disease. 3,512,000.
Pasma. Pasma (from Spanish pasmar) refers to a folk illness in Filipino culture that is said to be brought about by too much exposure to coldness and water. Water is believed to facilitate the unhealthy coldness that enters the body in the Filipino culture. There are distinct signs, symptoms, perceived causes and treatments which are recognized ...
In law, medicine, and statistics, cause of death is an official determination of the conditions resulting in a human 's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate. A cause of death is determined by a medical examiner. In rare cases, an autopsy needs to be performed by a pathologist. The cause of death is a specific disease or injury ...
A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.
The first recorded hazing-related death in the Philippines. Died from a burst appendix during an operation. President Ramon Magsaysay created the Castro Committee to investigate the death. The committee found hazing not to be the cause of Albert's death but added that the mauling he received prior to the operation weakened him physically. 1967
12 May 1904. Malabang, Lanao district, Moro Province. 53 (all of Filipino families of employees of the American military government stationed in the town) A band of Moros from the Rio Grande valley, led by a certain Datu Alis, perpetrated the attack. [15] Moro Crater massacre (Battle of Bud Dajo) 10 March 1906.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . As of July 5, 2024, there have been 4,140,383 [1] reported cases, and 66,864 [1] reported deaths, the fifth highest in Southeast Asia , behind Vietnam , Indonesia , Malaysia , and ...
Abu Sayyaf. Abu Sayyaf ( / ˈɑːbuː sɑːˈjɑːf / ⓘ; Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف; Jamāʿat Abū Sayyāf, ASG ), [24] officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, [25] is a Jihadist militant and pirate group that followed the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.