public health
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
The spiteful fangs of Putol
November 17, 2023
Little did I know that my run-in with Putol would put me through the stresses of the Philippine health system.
Spend on Public Health
September 29, 2020
INFOPOST
While PhilHealth gets the second biggest chunk of the health budget, households still shoulder over half of health expenses.
Duterte administration’s 2021 budget priorities
September 11, 2020
INFOGRAPHIC
Amid the worst health crisis and economic decline in the country’s history, government prioritizes infrastructure, debt, and militarization over health and other social services, agriculture, and industry.
Dealing with COVID-19: Just reboot the economy?
March 30, 2020
POLICY NOTE
The coronavirus pandemic and the expansive efforts to address it are new and unprecedented. But they also exposed many old problems that have always been there.
“Just follow” won’t beat COVID-19
March 16, 2020
COMMENTARY
BY SONNY AFRICA
The coronavirus threat is real and it’s critical for the government to respond quickly and decisively. But what if government’s response is muddled and, worse, ill-conceived?
