2021 National Human Rights Situation Report
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mental health and well-being challenges cost companies Php 7 million a year for 10,000
employees.110
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In September 2021, the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF)’s Project K3
(Kalinga Para sa Kalusugan ng Komunidad), in partnership with the New Zealand Foreign
Affairs and Trade Aid Programme, organized a virtual roundtable discussion (RTD)
entitled “Mental Health Matters.” The RTD tackled mental health issues of medical
frontliners during the pandemic and discussed pandemic-induced mental health challenges
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Business World. (2021). Coronavirus takes its toll on mental health as Filipinos battle stress, anxiety. Retrieved from
https://www.bworldonline.com/coronavirus-takes-its-toll-on-mental-health-as-filipinos-battle-stress-anxiety/