Health - Matches
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This Policy Note analyzes government hospitals' capital outlay, specifically the budget for equipment used directly in health-care service delivery. I..
Policy Notes

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

Due to various issues, such as lack of resources and administrative roadblocks, the Philippine government has turned to public-private partnerships (P..
Policy Notes

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

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

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

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

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 ..
Policy Notes

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..
Development Research News

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

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

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

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

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

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