Health advocates demand solutions to years-long TB drug shortage
(1st UPDATE) Mass TB drug shortages have been reported since the last quarter of 2023 due to multiple failed and canceled biddings
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[OPINION] The HIV epidemic we saw coming — and can still stop
The Philippines’ surging HIV epidemic stems from health-system execution failures, not individual behavior. To reverse it, the DOH must urgently expand testing, treatment, and incentives.
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Here’s PhilHealth timeline for expected benefit expansion until 2028
PhilHealth is seeking from lawmakers an additional P170 billion for 2027 to fully implement its benefit expansion, as well as cover projected insurance claims of indirect contributors
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[OPINION] Beyond the SONA, make healthcare a social commitment and economic strategy
Healthcare policy in the Philippines is framed primarily as an expenditure. We debate hospital budgets, insurance coverage, and annual appropriations. But it is also one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing economic sectors.
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[OPINION] Philippines’ peculiar health policy: Waiting until kidneys fail
The issue is not a choice between prevention and dialysis. The central issue is why public financing becomes so much more generous after kidneys fail than before they do.
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IN NUMBERS: Decades of tuberculosis in the Philippines
The Philippines ranks third globally among countries with the highest tuberculosis burden in 2024
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Medicine shortages, missed targets delay tuberculosis healthcare delivery
Bid notices for TB medicine show two failed and four canceled biddings from 2023 to 2025, resulting in shortages
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Only 14 hospitals offer PhilHealth package for children with disabilities
Five of the 14 hospitals are in Metro Manila alone. Seven regions have no accredited facilities at all.
