The Department of Health (DOH) is shifting its priorities to the delivery of primary health care at the community level by intensifying its PuroKalusugan ...

MANILA, Philippines — Without any health insurance ... at the very least under Republic Act No. 11223, or the Universal Health Care Act of 2019. Garan is among the majority of the Filipino ...

Philippines — Supreme Court Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa stressed that sin tax laws, which fund the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), and the Universal Health Care ...

which at the time were being sold in the Philippines for a price considered among the cheapest in the world. The taxes were designed to be used for the country’s universal health care program.

Unilab Center for Health Policy (UCHP), a program under the Unilab Foundation (ULF), and the Philippine College of Emergency Medicine (PCEM) have ...

When Republic Act No. 11223 was enacted in February 2019, it was hailed as a landmark achievement in Philippine public health policy. Also known as the Universal Health Care (UHC ... Hospitals ...

Many other majorly developed countries on the planet have some form of universal health care for its people. These other countries believe that good health care helps support a good economy and ...

“As you know, Universal Health Care is really a complex undertaking. It means strengthening the primary care as well as referral system. It means working with other stakeholders including the private ...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) released a report Tuesday warning about the need to bolster public health capacities to ensure universal ... and equitable care access, with Latin ...