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Senators urged to raise cigarette taxes to fund healthcare plan

MANILA -- A local health advocacy group is urging the Senate to act on bills calling for the passage of the Universal Health Care (UHC) law and to ensure the plan's funding...

Improvement of health systems also LGUs role: DOH

MANILA -- Improvement of local health systems through resolution of common health inequities is not the sole responsibility of Department of Health (DOH), an official of the agency said.   In an interview with...

DOH, Calabarzon execs ink pact to improve health delivery system

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna -- The Department of Health (DOH) regional office spearheaded on Friday the signing of a joint memorandum to improve health delivery system in Region 4-A (Calabarzon).   DOH officials and mayors...

Experts Warn of a Return of the AIDS Epidemic

WASHINGTON — Thirty-six million people currently live with AIDS, a disease that claimed the lives of nearly 1 million people last year. Experts predict that by 2030, 100 million people will have been...

P156-M-surgery facility opens in Batangas

BATANGAS CITY -- A new surgery building worth PHP155.9 million at the Batangas Medical Center (BatMC) compound was inaugurated Friday to provide state of the art surgical facilities with operating room complex...

Experts warn of a return of the AIDS epidemic

WASHINGTON — Thirty-six million people currently live with AIDS, a disease that claimed the lives of nearly 1 million people last year. Experts predict that by 2030, 100 million people will have been...

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