Health - Matches

Children are more likely to develop and reach their full potential when they are protected from disease, provided proper nutrition, and live in stimul..

The Philippines has been experiencing unprecedented economic growth in recent years. This has fueled greater consumption among households and greater ..

The Philippine Expanded Program for Immunization (EPI) has focused primarily on immunization coverage as their metric for performance. However, an equ..

A HOUSE to call your own, a good education for your children and spare cash to buy a car and travel. It’s the American dream for many Filipinos...

“The world is wealthier than before, but it is not necessarily healthier.”This was how Susan Pineda-Mercado, special envoy of the presiden..

A hallmark of Filipino culture is how we treat our elderly with respect and utmost care. Indeed, it is normal for a family to have at least one grandp..

Unemployment, or informal work, may limit women’s access to social protection programs when they get older, according to the Philippine Institut..

The Philippines has recently introduced two distinct but related large-scale social protection programs that, first, provide conditional cash transfer..

Congress should give a bigger budget for science and technology projects and provide more scholarships and research funds to Filipino scientists. Scie..

The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) has announced a maximum drug retail price (MDRP) scheme that would recommend a price reduction for 1..

Based on the 2015 Census of Population and Housing, there were 7.5 million senior citizens, or persons aged 60 and above, in the Philippines. The Unit..

The Philippines is slowly aging, according to a study of state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). Citing data from t..

The draft Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Universal Health Care Act (Republic Act No. 11223) provides detailed rules and regulations to oper..