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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 ...
The Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, also known as the Bayanihan Act, [1] and officially designated as Republic Act No. 11469, is a law in the Philippines that was enacted in March 2020 granting the President additional authority to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. [2] The word "bayanihan" is a Tagalog word for communal work .
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, also known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, and officially designated as Republic Act No. 10354, is a Philippine law that provided universal access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. While there is agreement about its ...
Website. doh.gov.ph. 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.
As of 2005, approximately four in five abortions in the Philippines were for economic reasons, often where a woman already has several children and cannot care for another. [4] While some doctors secretly perform abortions in clinics, the 2,000 to 5,000 peso (US$37 to US$93) fee as of 2005 was too high for many Filipinos, so they instead buy ...
Health care in the Philippines extends as far back as the 15th century. Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, life and by extension health care, was centered around the animate and inanimate world. Traditional Filipino medicinal herbs were used for a wide variety of ailments. Anonas leaves were applied to the stomach for indigestion.
Health law. Health law is a field of law that encompasses federal, state, and local law, rules, regulations and other jurisprudence among providers, payers and vendors to the health care industry and its patients, and delivery of health care services, with an emphasis on operations, regulatory and transactional issues. [1] [2]
The Constitution of the Philippines ( Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas or Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas) is the constitution or the supreme law of the Republic of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Constitutional Commission on October 12, 1986, and ratified by a nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987.