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February 21, 2019

TOWARDS BETTER HEALTH FOR ALL FILIPINOS: UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE LAW SIGNED

Press Release/21 February 2019 The Department of Health (DOH) celebrates the signing of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act into law and congratulates all Filipinos for this accomplishment. DOH...

February 21, 2019

PRRD signs Universal Healthcare Care law

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the ceremonial signing of the Revised Corporation Code and the Universal Health Care Act, presentation of the Social Security Act of 2018,...

February 20, 2019

Increase tobacco tax now

The country’s legislators face a unique opportunity to save lives and protect the health of millions of Filipinos as they consider the proposal to increase tobacco tax. At this stage,...

February 19, 2019

Health centers open for measles vaccination on weekends: DOH

CURBING MEASLES. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III reiterates that the Department of Health provides vaccines which are free and proven safe and effective in protecting children against measles, rubella, mumps, hemophilia, diptheria,...

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February 12, 2019

PhilHealth covers confinements due to measles

Amidst recent declaration of measles outbreak in Metro Manila, Central Luzon and other parts of the county by the Department of Health, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) guaranteed the...

February 11, 2019

DOH IDENTIFIES VACCINE HESITANCY AS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR MEASLES OUTBREAK

Photo by Department of Health (Philippines) Press Release/ 11 February 2019 The Department of Health (DOH) today points to vaccine hesitancy as one of the reasons for the recent...

February 11, 2019

Tigdas outbreak ikinabahala ng WHO

Batay sa tala ng WHO, aabot lamang sa pito mula sa 10 mga bata na may edad labing pito pababa ang nabakunahan kabilang na ang bakuna kontra tigdas. MANILA,...

February 8, 2019

More than 70 deaths nationwide linked to measles outbreak

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 8) — More than 70 people have died this year due to measles after the Health Department declared an outbreak of the highly contagious disease in...

February 7, 2019

Don’t let your baby die

But some mothers do, because they’ve been misinformed by a media looking for headlines, and heartless, thoughtless people looking for aggrandizement. The hysteria created over Dengvaxia back in December 2017...

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