Health - Matches
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This study reviewed public expenditures on nutrition (Annual Investment Plans [AIPs] and Gender and Development [GAD)] budgets) and evaluated the impl..
Discussion Papers

MEMBERS of state-owned Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) still pay out of pocket for medical services despite a law on universal healthca..
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MORE TRAINING for mothers and accessible natal care will help mitigate stunted growth and malnutrition in children, the Philippine Institute for Devel..
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MORE TRAINING for mothers and accessible natal care will help mitigate stunted growth and malnutrition in children, the Philippine Institute for Devel..
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About a third of Filipino children are stunted or chronically malnourished. However, there is a paucity of evidence on the socioeconomic inequalities ..
Discussion Papers

ALIGNED with the country’s commitment to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, over a decade ago the government..
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Out-of-pocket health costs are more likely higher for the elderly, women, rural and poorer Filipinos, according to a study published by the Philippine..
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The elderly, women, rural folks and poor Filipinos are the ones who are more likely to suffer from shelling out-of-pocket health expenses since the go..
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The burden of healthcare costs varies across age, sex, location, and socioeconomic status, but the elderly, women, rural, and poorer Filipinos are mor..
Press Releases

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and relevant stakeholders must prioritize raising the number of accredited hospital beds in L..
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In the Philippines, graphic health warning (GHW) labels are replaced every two years with new designs. As a result, it is critical to assess whether t..
Discussion Papers

From 2018 to 2021, the Department of Health (DOH), with assistance from United States Agency for International Development-Health Policy Plus (USAID-H..
Discussion Papers

We assess the short-term impacts of the Doctors-to-the-Barrios (DTTB), a national physician deployment program in the Philippines that augments the su..
Discussion Papers

Noncommunicable diseases like cancer often require prolonged management and sometimes, hospitalization and recovery, entailing huge expenses that can ..
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 8) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian eyes an inquiry on the implementation of the Comprehensive Sexualit..
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