Arnold Tejada, a 55-year old vendor, said he saw the street sweeper pass out and die shortly from heat stroke, the Manila Police District said. Velasco, according to Tejada, had been suffering from tuberculosis, a preventable and curable disease. Access to health care and quality of treatment for each disease in a country was scored on a scale of 0 to 100 (with the average score determining the country’s ranking). So sad!”The World Health Organization is the UN’s health agency. It is hoped that under a new director-general, the UN health agency would stick to the rules.

Source: Manila Times May 23, 2017 16:52 UTC