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Health care in the Philippines has been defined by the WHO as "fragmented", meaning there's a large gap between the quality and quantity of health services for the poor and the rich. With different reasons such as low budget, low number of personnel, or general neglect for the poor, the Philippines has always been unable to keep up with the ...
The Philippines faces a large burden of disease: Proportional Death due to NCDs. The main Non-Communicable Diseases are Diabetes, Heart disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Chronic diseases that affect the airways and lungs. While these diseases affect different parts of the body in different ways, they often share common origins.
Philippine College of Physicians. Philippine Federation of the Deaf. Philippine Medical Association. Philippine Red Cross. Categories: Medical and health organizations by country. Medical and health organizations based in Asia by country. Medical and health organisations based in Southeast Asia. Healthcare in the Philippines.
The Department of Health ( DOH; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalusugan) is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care, the regulation of all health services and products.
Unilab, Inc., commonly known as Unilab, is a Philippine privately held pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mandaluyong City. [1] It specializes in a wide range of consumer healthcare products such as prescription and over-the counter medications, vitamins and food supplements, and biotechnology . It is the largest manufacturer of health ...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ( PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines. It is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic Act 6111 or the Philippine Medical Care Act ...
Gender bias in healthcare weaves a toxic thread throughout history. Take hysteria, for example. This catch-all “diagnosis” originated in ancient Egyptian and Greek medicine, but it was widely ...
Barangay health volunteers, also known as barangay health workers, are health care providers in the Philippines. They undergo a basic training program under an accredited government or non-government organization, and render primary care services in the community. They provide services such as first aid, maternal, neonatal, and child health ...