Health - Matches

Sex-related risks, early sexual experience, and unwanted pregnancies are major concerns of Filipinos. These issues have long been battle grounds for t..

The current government help to poor families burdened with expensive medical care is not sufficient according to the Philippine Institute for Developm..

This Policy Note summarizes the strategies employed by Kyrgyz Republic, Sri Lanka, and Thailand in successfully financing catastrophic health expendit..

This study is an assessment of the catastrophic health financing by several Philippine institutions including government agencies, such as the Philipp..

This Policy Note summarizes the lessons from social health insurance experiences in China, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It finds, among others, that all th..

The level of the public's out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure for health care is an important indicator of the effectiveness of the country's health-care ..

Dr. Gilberto Llanto, president of PIDS, penned the banner article of this second issue of the Development Research News--his well-meaning advice to Pr..

Building more health facilities and investing in medical equipment allow government hospitals and infirmaries to provide quality health services to mo..

The Aquino administration started the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) in 2010 to provide large-scale capital investment for increasing th..

Indigent membership in PhilHealth has surged in recent years, driven by the nation-wide identification of the poor. However, the massive identificatio..

In 2015, based on the latest survey of the Food Nutrition Research Institute, childhood stunting affected one-third (33%) of children under five years..

The School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) of the Department of Education aims to address undernutrition among public primary pupils. This Policy Note su..

Inaccuracies in recorded nutrition status such as age, height, and weight measurements of children in public schools are among the major constraints t..

This impact evaluation of the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) of the Department of Health provides a preliminary analysis on its effects,..

State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in coordination with the Cordillera Studies Center, University of the Philippine..