QUEZON CITY (PIA) — To strengthen community-level healthcare and curb the rising threat of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), PhilHealth and CARE Philippines have teamed up to equip Barangay Health ...
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) demanded a P5,000 increase in the Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) after the ...
Health workers staged a lunch break protest on Friday at the Philippine Orthopedic Center to call for an increase in the personnel economic relief allowance (PERA) from P2,000 to P5,000, as well as a ...
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From Yolanda’s ruins to the future of health care

The Department of Health’s slogan, “Sa Bagong Pilipinas, Bawat Buhay Mahalaga” (“In the New Philippines, Every Life Matters”), echoes a timeless constitutional principle that the state should actively ...
Philippine health workers hold a protest in front of the Department of Health to demand better wages and benefits amid rising Covid-19 cases in Manila on Sept. 1, (Photo: AFP) Medical workers in the ...
The Philippines needs to plug a shortage of 190,000 healthcare workers, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said, prompting the government to consider a clutch of benefits to make them stay. The ...
Despite being a top exporter of health care professionals, the Philippines faces a chronic shortage of nurses and physicians. Also, many health graduates in the country are unprepared for real-world ...
EVERYDAY pressures, including long commutes, rising living costs and academic and social demands are taking a toll on ...