Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:46:27 +0000
Health Secretary Francisco Duque has reminded critics that the case against him for the alleged misuse of OWWA funds has long been dismissed.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:25:47 +0000
Former Health Secretary Janette Garin appealed to incumbent the DOH chief Francisco Duque III to temporarily take over PhilHealth operations.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:30:07 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its call for the passage of a bill that would increase tax on tobacco and alcoholic drinks, citing that doing so would save lives and would help fund the newly signed Universal Healthcare Act.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:06:54 +0000
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday called on Congress to raise the excise on tobacco and alcohol to finance the implementation of a newly signed law giving all Filipinos access to health care services.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:56:26 +0000
The government campaign to ratchet up measles vaccination may have a lot of catching up to do as the number of measles cases in two regions in the Visayas and one in Mindanao continued to spike.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:44:51 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The reversal of the measles outbreak in the Philippines may happen by the first week of April if immunity could be raised to 95 percent, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Thursday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 01:58:45 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday welcomed the enactment of the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018, noting that the number of HIV and AIDS cases in the country has increased by 140 percent last year.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 07:08:59 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A total ban of firecrackers will not be possible unless government finds alternative livelihood programs for those in the fireworks-manufacturing business, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Tuesday.
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