Tag: Philippine health system

Faster child immunization?

Agosto 11, 2025

The Philippines is failing to meet the national target for child immunization, which is set at 95% coverage for the child population. As of 2024, the fully immunized child (FIC) national average was only 64.9%, with 10 out of 17 regions falling below this average.

Critical Health Bar

Abril 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.

On World Health Day:
Big Pharma rules an ailing nation

Abril 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