In a significant step toward digital health transformation, the Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with UNICEF and with funding support from the Government of Japan, officially launched DigiVacc—a digital immunization platform designed to modernize how vaccination records are managed,...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Wednesday, October 30 reminded executives of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) that they are not operating as a private corporation that needs to yearly acquire huge savings and earn profit. As the state health insurance agency,...
AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes (AnaKalusugan Party-list Facebook) AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes underscored the need for a streamlined validating process from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to make healthcare more...
Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. *President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot)* This was the remark of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. as he assured the public of his administration's determination to make healthcare more accessible by establishing more rural...
SAGIP Party-List Representative Rodante Marcoleta (House of Representatives) Rodante Marcoleta, 69, is now on his sixth term as the Social Amelioration and Genuine Intervention on Poverty (SAGIP) Partylist representative. The SAGIP Partylist lists as its goals "poverty reduction, social protection...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president Dante A. Gierran on Monday, May 30, said the funds from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) will help the state insurer achieve Universal Health Care (UHC)....
Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, on Friday, April 22, said that a huge percentage of healthcare takes place outside hospitals. In a webinar held by the University of the Philippines (UP), Legaspi stressed the importance of well-established primary care facilities...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Tuesday, March 15, that he aims to fully implement a universal healthcare system in the city if he is re-elected for the mayoral position in the May 2022 elections. “In the next two to three years, our goal is to really fully implement universal healthcare just...
