Health - Matches

The burden of healthcare costs varies across age, sex, location, and socioeconomic status, but the elderly, women, rural, and poorer Filipinos are mor..

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and relevant stakeholders must prioritize raising the number of accredited hospital beds in L..

Despite the decline of early pregnancies in the 15 to 19 age group, the POPCOM is now alarmed by the number of pregnancies in the 10 to 14 age group. ..

Noncommunicable diseases like cancer often require prolonged management and sometimes, hospitalization and recovery, entailing huge expenses that can ..

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 8) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian eyes an inquiry on the implementation of the Comprehensive Sexualit..

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and relevant stakeholders must prioritize raising the number of accredited hospital beds in L..

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp’s (PhilHealth) membership-to-population coverage in the poorest provinces is only a little over half of the..

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) barely covers half of the population in five provinces, according to a ..

MANILA, Philippines- Bahagya lamang nasasaklaw ng Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) ang kalahati ng populasyon sa limang lalawigan, ayon ..

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) membership-to-population coverage in the poorest provinces is only a little over half of ..

ALIGNED with the country’s commitment to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the government established the s..

MANILA, Philippines — The government needs to revisit the Sin Tax Reform Act (STRA) to make sure the funds set aside for health under the law ar..

THE GOVERNMENT should reevaluate policies and processes under the Sin Tax Reform Act in order to further improve the use of its tax revenues for publi..

The government should revisit policies and processes under the Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012 (Republic Act [RA] 10351) to ensure that tax revenues are us..

The passage of the UHC law in 2019 mandated the creation of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Program to identify and recommend the most cost-eff..