JV thanks Duterte for okay on health funds
Reelectionist Senator JV Ejercito has thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for approving the funds for the improvement of health facilities under ...
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Health advocates renew call for tobacco tax hike
Health advocates pushing for a significant increase in the cost of tobacco on Sunday renewed their call for a price ...
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PhilHealth ready for UHC enactment–Ferrer
Philippine Health Insurance Corp. acting president and CEO Dr. Roy B. Ferrer assured the Filipino public that the state-run agency ...
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Additional revenues seen in 2019 from excise tax
Finance Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua on Wednesday braced for a P32.3- billion additional revenues in 2019 from an increased excise tax ...
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DMOs to take UHC lead in Calabarzon
To strengthen primary care under the context of Universal Health Care (UHC), the Department of Health Calabarzon has concluded its ...
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Health groups ask senators to back call for sin tax hike
Doctors representing 30 medical societies nationwide, health workers and pro-sin tax hike on cigarettes yesterday appealed to the senators to ...
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Forum calls for action on Universal Healthcare
Stakeholders in the public health sector recently called for concerted action to implement Universal Health Care in the recently concluded ...
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Health care for 20m eyed
THE Duterte administration will continue to give priority to Universal Health Care to cover the 20 million “poorest among the ...
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