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Philippines health policy
![Why PhilHealth Doesn’t Need to Raise Premiums in 2024 Why PhilHealth Doesn’t Need to Raise Premiums in 2024](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-23-075955.jpg)
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? Why Is Philippine President Marcos Not Appointing a Health Secretary?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-11-02-045900.jpg)
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 Philippines Offers to Trade Nurses for COVID-19 Vaccines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-02-25-10.jpg)
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 Filipino Health Workers Protest Overseas Work Restrictions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-10-4.jpg)
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? Can the Philippines Contain African Swine Fever?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-pig-752557_1920.jpg)
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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