It looks like health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon irked more congressmen than previously thought with his resignation call against Executive Secretary (ES) Ralph Recto. Lashing out at Leachon on Monday, May 11, were Lanao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Manila 3rd district Rep....
When health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon called for Executive Secretary (ES) Ralph Recto 's resignation, he probably didn 't expect three women leaders from the House of Representatives to give him a dressing-down for his supposedly haphazard remarks. Rebuking and lecturing Leachon on...
Independent health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon on Thursday, Dec. 11, warned that PhilHealth’s weakening capacity, driven by major funding decisions in recent years, is leaving more Filipino families vulnerable to medical debt, citing a new Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study showing that...
Public health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon on Friday, October 17, called out Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa over what he described as a “troubling mindset” on accountability and governance in the DOH, urging him to “stop blaming and start building.” In his Facebook...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has warned the public to be wary of the disinformation supposedly being spread by a “fear-peddling” doctor, noting its threat to public health....
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (MANILA BULLETIN) Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin tore into health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon's criticisms on a memorandum of agreement (MOA) involving Tingog Party-list, going as far as to...
An independent health reform advocate has called for immediate action amid reports of alleged pharmaceutical companies' use of privileged marketing tactics to influence medical professionals in promoting medical products. Photo from Pixabay In an interview with TeleRadyo Serbisyo on Tuesday, April...
House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin Iloilo 1st district Janette Garin stood pat on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 12 on her message to Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa to not accept "non-experts" or "unqualified"...
Independent health reform advocate Dr. Anthony "Tony" Leachon has resigned from his post as a Special Adviser for Noncommunicable Diseases of the Department of Health (DOH). Dr. Tony Leachon (C ourtesy of Dr. Leachon's Facebook account) “I don’t deserve to be maligned in public and...
Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa confirmed that Dr. Tony Leachon has returned to his position as a “volunteer consultant” for the Department of Health (DOH). Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa (left) with Dr. Tony Leachon. (Courtesy of DOH) During an interview on the sidelines...
Health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon has been appointed by Department of Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa as the new Special Adviser for Non-communicable Diseases on Friday, Aug. 11. Courtesy of DOH "Together, we continue to move steadfastly in further realizing the Universal Healthcare. With...
Filipinos were warned against the quiet but consistent increase of Covid-19 infections across the archipelago. (Unsplash) Health reform advocate Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon said health experts who are warning of the slow but persistent increase in the country’s Covid-19 cases only want to...
