Philippine health system

Critical Health Bar

April 12, 2025

While I felt relieved to finally have a diagnosis and a treatment plan, I still had to figure out how to afford it.

Whither maternal and newborn survival?

April 8, 2025

Filipinos lack access to basic health resources

April 7, 2025

On World Health Day:
Big Pharma rules an ailing nation

April 7, 2025

Global health remains in the clutches of Big Pharma, which has detrimental effects not only on mortality, diseases and prevention but entirely on the right to health

Gov’t mishandling of PhilHealth violates right to health, exposes budget mispriorities

February 5, 2025

The PhilHealth controversy is only a specific example of worsening underfunding of social services and social protection. It further reveals how flawed the budget process is.

PhilHealth Zero Subsidy: Reflection of Government Neglect

December 23, 2024

Abruptly defunding the insurance agency will not address the growing problems of health financing, especially without concrete steps from the government to resolve them.

The lack of essential health facilities reflects the broader deficiencies in the country’s healthcare infrastructure and its inability to provide adequate care to millions of Filipinos, particularly the poor.