Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:49:04 +0000
The excise taxes on cigarettes and alcoholic beverages as well PhilHealth premiums can help sustain funds for the Universal Health Care program until 2027, a PhilHealth official said Thursday.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 08:27:08 +0000
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday said mothers should take advantage of the new law extending maternity leave to have their kids vaccinated.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:11:47 +0000
The Department of Health (DOH) welcomed the passage of the Universal Healthcare Act (UHC,) saying that it marked “a new chapter in the reform” of the country’s health system.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:14:30 +0000
Health Secaretary Francisco Duque III on Wednesday said it may take another three months for the measles outbreak to be put under control with the help of various government agencies.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:59:01 +0000
Although there was a record 11,400 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in 2018, the number was just slightly higher than 2017’s, suggesting that new infections may be starting to plateau, according to a top health official.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:34:08 +0000
While the measles outbreak has yet to be controlled, the Department of Health (DOH) is slowly regaining the trust of parents who are having their children vaccinated for the preventable disease.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 21:42:28 +0000
The Pope became the first Pontiff to visit the Arabian Peninsula after a pilgrimage to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 04:49:43 +0000
After declaring a measles outbreak in Metro Manila, the DOH said it was “expanding” the declaration to other regions in Luzon and the Visayas.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:03:05 +0000
PAO Chief Persida Acosta’s claims against the DOH are “baseless, malicious and a complete lie,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Thursday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:32:49 +0000
Malacañang will not conduct an investigation of allegations that officials and other people linked to the Dengvaxia mess are paying off victims’ families P50,000 to drop charges against them. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Monday said the Palace would leave it to Public Attorneys Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta to substantiate her allegations against past […]
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