Public health - Matches

State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) launched its newest book focusing on the country’s response to the COVID-19 pan..

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic hit the Philippine economy and society unprecedentedly. To protect the people, the government had to ..

Filipinos aspire for long and healthy life, a collective vision set in the AmBisyon Natin 2040. This Policy Note examines the key trends and challenge..

The Philippines entered its deepest recession in post-war history in 2020, with output declining by 9.6 percent. Coming up with a strategy on how to b..

The COVID-19 pandemic has such a wide-reaching and sudden adverse impact on people’s livelihoods. For a country like the Philippines which significa..

The last issue of the Development Research News (DRN) this 2020 features articles from presentations during the 6th Development Policy Research Month,..

This quarter’s Development Research News (DRN) focuses on some socioeconomic issues confronting the Philippine healthcare system. The banner story h..

Filipino households saw their out-of-pocket expenditures for health increase by 54.2 percent in 2016, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority..

Communicable and noncommunicable diseases have been the primary culprits of deaths all over the world in the last two decades. However, in recent year..

The capital stock of public health facilities in the Philippines has been stagnant for decades. The number of hospitals remained the same since the mi..

Directing government subsidies to social services such as health care is expected to bring about positive external/social benefits and improve equity ..

This paper attempts to illustrate the quality of prenatal care services provided by different health care providers. Section I presents the introducti..