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Philippines health policy

Why PhilHealth Doesn’t Need to Raise Premiums in 2024
By James Guild
With inflation continuing to rise, a scheduled premium increase seems likely to be suspended.

Why Is Philippine President Marcos Not Appointing a Health Secretary?
By Mong Palatino
So far, the reasons that the new leader has offered have been vague and at times incoherent.

Philippines Offers to Trade Nurses for COVID-19 Vaccines
By Nick Aspinwall
The country’s in-demand healthcare workers are outraged at a government proposal to send them to Europe in exchange for doses of vaccine.

Filipino Health Workers Protest Overseas Work Restrictions
By Nick Aspinwall
A nurses’ group has called for the government to lift a deployment ban imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Can the Philippines Contain African Swine Fever?
By Jim Gomez
The country has been working to battle infections in affected villages in recent weeks.
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