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Amid rising global concern over the Nipah virus, Senator Chiz Escudero urged health and border authorities to maintain strict vigilance and ensure that preparedness systems remain fully operational. Escudero said that although current health advisories place the Philippines at low risk, developments in neighboring regions underscore the need for sustained, proactive monitoring. “Public safety depends […]
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and Quirino Governor Dax Cua called on his fellow leaders to “push harder” to convince their constituents to have their children vaccinated against measles and rubella (MR). This, as the Department of Health reported that over 5,000 cases of MR have been recorded over the past […]
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) today called on the Department of Health (DOH) to arrest the rising mortality of liver cancer and integrate innovative medicines and value-based care into their Universal Health Care (UHC) implementation. ULAP President and Quirino Governor Dax Cua called for a paradigm shift in how the health […]
Camarines Sur (CamSur) Gov. LRay Villafuerte is standing four-square behind the Department of Health (DOH)’s inclusion of hospitals managed by local government units (LGUs) in its Zero Balance Billing (ZBB) program, which is now limited to providing free hospitalization to inpatients with basic or ward accommodations in DOH-run hospitals only. Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said that with […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros called on the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that the new administrative order it is drafting on medical assistance would not only eliminate patronage politics as mandated by a provision in the 2026 budget, but also clearly lay down the process and requirements in receiving financial aid. Hontiveros, who chairs the […]
Senator Bong Go asked fellow legislators during the plenary deliberation for the budget of the Department of Health (DOH) to include in its allocation an additional P1.4 Billion to finally fully pay the remaining unpaid health emergency allowance (HEA) of health workers who served during the COVID-19 pandemic. Go, as one of the authors and […]
Camarines Sur LRay Villafuerte is pushing a sweeping reform of a nearly two-decade-old priority program of the Department of Health (DOH) that received almost ₱30 billion this year for building or improving health facilities, but which has, at this point, left this Department stuck with 300 idle or non-operational health centers out of almost 900 built thus […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan is pushing the Department of Health (DOH) and its public hospitals to fully implement his landmark Sagip Saka Act that will allow them to purchase their food directly from local farmers and fisherfolk. Republic Act No. 11321, or the Sagip Saka Act, is a landmark law authored and passed by Pangilinan in […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) led the ceremonial endorsement of the localized version of the Index for Tobacco Control Sustainability-Philippines (ITCS-PH) tool to the Department of Health and Department of Interior and Local Government held at its Head Office in Pasig City. Developed by MMDA through its Smoke Free Project in 2024, the ITCS-PH […]
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa, together with Assistant Secretary Ariel Valencia, Mayor Alex Advincula, and Vice Mayor Homer Saquilayan, headed the Blessing and Inauguration of the Imus Super Health Center in Carsadang Bago 1 Imus, Cavite recently. The super health center offers different health services like x-ray, animal bite clinic, TB DOTS, dental, […]