President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. wants quality health services to be accessible to all Filipinos, particularly those living ...

SEN. Bong Go said nurses play a vital role in the country's health care system as he vowed to support measures to improve ...

For every 1,000 people, only 0.5 hospital beds are available on average. This needs to be tripled to 1.5 beds, the Department ...

Medical costs in the Philippines are expected to post a double-digit increase this year, the second highest in the Asia-Pacific, according to a survey conducted by global advisory, broking and ...

THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) should improve its reimbursement claims system for hospitals to prevent their closure from financial strain due to unremitted payments, a legislator ...

Senator Loren Legarda has called for the strict and transparent implementation of recent increases in the benefit package ...

As an archipelago of over 7,000 islands, the Philippines faces considerable obstacles in providing equitable access to healthcare including medicines. Universal health coverage can only be achieved ...

Highlights Apart from the COVID-19's direct impact, other major services under the health system is also affected by the current pandemic. In the Philippines, COVID-19 cases continue to increase ...

With the Department of Health (DOH) and other key agencies lending their ... summit is a response to the increasing demand for modernization in the Philippine healthcare system. As a developing nation ...