By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
“Under the Aquino administration, public health services are no longer free but they come for a fee.” – Alliance of Health Workers
‘Increase’ in health budget deceiving – Alliance of Health Workers
Tags: health budget
Filipinos get P1.25 for health, P6.55 for education per day
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main story: Approved 2012 budget skewed vs peoples’ needs MANILA — Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino criticized the Congress-ratified 2012 national budget of P1.816 trillion ($41.61 billion) as “unhealthy and ignorant” because it gave Filipino a mere P1.25 ($.03) for health and P6.55 ($.15) for education per day. “The…
Lung Center employees demand their rightful benefits Halloween trick-or-treat style
Lung Center employees demand their rightful benefits Halloween trick-or-treat style
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‘Righteous path not about scrimping on health care and workers’
By MARYA SALAMAT
The House of Representatives approved a P200m ($4.6m) addition to the DOH budget and P400m ($9.2m) for government-owned and controlled corporation hospitals, as a result of the intense campaign of progressive health groups for a higher health budget.
Proposed health budget for 2012, ‘inadequate, with wrong priorities’
By MARYA SALAMAT
In a study of the proposed 2012 health budget conducted by the Coalition for Health Budget Increase (CHBI), it found out that the increases in the health budget only “define the Aquino Health Agenda of privatization and commercialization of public health care which will further jeopardize the health of the people.”
Special Report: Philippines- The unhealthiest of poor countries
By MARYA SALAMAT
Despite the promises of devolution, funding for health services is unable to keep up with local needs.
Sidebar: Not enough doctors, and nurses, in
Sidebar: Where do the sick go?
SECOND PART: LGUs try enterprise to cure shortage in health funding
Not enough doctors, and nurses, in
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Maggie De Pano Fellow MANILA, Philippines – The local government units were obviously not ready for it—more residents flocking to barangay health stations, town clinics, and provincial hospitals. This was the result of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), which aims to help the poorest families improve the health, nutrition,…
Aquino Asked: Prioritize Public Health Instead of Fraudulent Loans, War vs Filipinos
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Whether the Aquino government admits it or not, the massive cases of dengue mirrors a government that puts its people’s health behind debt servicing and military spending.” – Council for Health and Development.
Group Proposes “Doable” Alternative 2010 Health Budget
Judging from the proposed 2011 national government budget for health, the administration of Benigno Simeon Aquino III does not believe that improving healthcare is a priority. The P 32.028 billion budget of the Department of Health is a far cry from the World Health Organization recommended 5% of the gross national product, which is around…
Wanted: Presidential Aspirant with Real Health Agenda
Media Release 26 April 2010 Candidates seeking the highest post in the land should have a clear-cut, pro-people health agenda. Otherwise, they are no different from the current dispensation from which they are all trying so hard to distance themselves. According to Health Alliance for Democracy, all of the presidentiables still have to articulate their…
Proposed Health Budget for Medical Tourism Hit
BY BULATLAT An organization of doctors and health professionals has slammed the proposed health budget for 2009, saying that the increase will benefit foreign medical tourists and not Filipino patients. In a statement, the Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) said, “The much-ballyhooed increase in the Department of Health (DOH) budget for 2009 is actually a…